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52/437-438: Blows
May. 17th, 2026 10:02 amGusts of wind are now and then rattling my windows and booming in the various vent pipes. The wind and its consequent fore warning will remain through Sunday night, along with cooler temperatures. Saturday night I didn't need to use the HVAC fan to keep the place cool, the open windows alone being sufficient to bring the temperature down to 70 degrees before dawn. The serenity of the fanlessness was nice for a change. I doubt I'll get many such mechanical-racket-free nights between now and autumn.
Either the wind or some sort of animal invasion or perhaps a combination of both flattened the poke weed in my back yard, and now it won't be providing late afternoon shade to my back window. I will also miss the lovely display of shadows the plants use to cast upon the blinds. This apartment is sadly lacking in aesthetic appeal most of the year, and I've looked forward to the shadow painting ever since the poke weed began volunteering in the yard, some years ago.
There was a fairly large one-pot dinner prepared entirely on the stovetop Saturday evening, and so far very little indigestion has resulted from it, so maybe I got lucky. Tonight's dinner will be one that frequently gives me some discomfort, but it is cheap, quick, and uses minimal heat, so I keep buying it. With advancing age one makes ever more compromises, and I suppose I've been lucky to escape even worse problems so far. I hope I'll appreciate the luck while it lasts.
The predicted high today is only 76, which means I'll be getting another fan-free night tonight. Heat will return Monday, and by mid-week we'll be getting highs in the nineties again. At least we're only five weeks from the summer solstice now, so such things are not unreasonably beyond the norm, as they were back in April. Lets hope the meteorological reasonableness continues.
( Sunday Verse )
Either the wind or some sort of animal invasion or perhaps a combination of both flattened the poke weed in my back yard, and now it won't be providing late afternoon shade to my back window. I will also miss the lovely display of shadows the plants use to cast upon the blinds. This apartment is sadly lacking in aesthetic appeal most of the year, and I've looked forward to the shadow painting ever since the poke weed began volunteering in the yard, some years ago.
There was a fairly large one-pot dinner prepared entirely on the stovetop Saturday evening, and so far very little indigestion has resulted from it, so maybe I got lucky. Tonight's dinner will be one that frequently gives me some discomfort, but it is cheap, quick, and uses minimal heat, so I keep buying it. With advancing age one makes ever more compromises, and I suppose I've been lucky to escape even worse problems so far. I hope I'll appreciate the luck while it lasts.
The predicted high today is only 76, which means I'll be getting another fan-free night tonight. Heat will return Monday, and by mid-week we'll be getting highs in the nineties again. At least we're only five weeks from the summer solstice now, so such things are not unreasonably beyond the norm, as they were back in April. Lets hope the meteorological reasonableness continues.
( Sunday Verse )
