Remember when you were a kid, and after Summer vacation you'd have your first class in school, and everyone had to stand up and talk about how they spent the Summer..?? Well, since I totally forgot I had a blog for about 3 months, now I will have to do an instant recap sort of post today, very much like those old school assignments. I'm pretty stunned though that I haven't written since April...where, oh where has the time gone...?????
I have read many books since my last posting, but won't bore anyone with those details. I'm actually going to remove that part of my blog anyway, so never mind what I'm reading (or what I've read since April).
Alan spent 5 weeks in America (June/July), helping my mother to move, and dealing with some INS stuff. He had way more fun then I did as I was stuck in Edinburgh due to Ozzy's usual doggy sitter, Helga, being off on her own holiday. Still, there's something to be said about your partner being away: eat what you want, when you want; read all night if the book is good enough; clean the house when you can write your name in the dust, and other singleton experiences.
One great thing about Alan being in America: I had my own personal shopper. It was wonderful to have him bring back graham crackers, cornbread mix, Nestle's chocolate chips, my favorite black jeans that I can only get in the States, and several other cool items. It was like Christmas in July...!!
It wouldn't have been half bad, having him away, if I hadn't missed him, and then there was the garden which decided to turn into some sort of tropical rain forest over that 5 weeks he was gone. It got well beyond my efforts to control by myself, so now he's back all he's done for the past two weeks is wrestle things back into order.
Here's a glimpse of the chaos:
The front walk. Lots of roses, though the nasturtiums seem to be taking over. No doubt the tropical rain forest effect.
The cauldrons look wonderful, spilling out with lobelia, as does the sweet pea planter against the back wall to the front door.
The fragrance is just heavenly from these blooms. No wonder they are called "sweet" peas. I have a vase full in the house and you can smell them everywhere.
I'd like to say we've actually had Summer this year, but alas, this is Scotland. It would annoy me no end when I would chat with Alan on the phone from America and he's going on and on about the 80 degree days whilst I'm walking Ozzy in fog, rain, wind and a week of the muggiest weather I've experienced since Florida. Truly, we had about a week of dense cloud cover, but up there somewhere it was really hot, so it made things really muggy and humid, and miserable. Very weird. But, still, no Summer to speak of. There's been maybe a week of good weather (sunny, warm, and Summer-like) since May..sigh.
That's about all I can remember of the past few months, other than how fast time flies, so I guess this is where my "assignment" ends, with me all caught up, and now I get to sit down to let the next kid stand up in front of the class to tell how they spent their Summer vacation...
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