Heat Wave.

We're heading in to our first Heat Wave of the

year over the next few days. Not great for playing!

~ Chy

Hot Riders.

Too hot for me but our neighbors were

out for a ride today in the heat. Brave!

~ Chy

Sunday Morning.

Heat wave continues. We're up and off

to finish building our new shed before

it gets unbearably hot. Fingers crossed

we can get the last bits done today ....

Namaste. Stay cool!

~ Chy

Heat Wave.

We are heading out this morning to continue to work on our projects outside. But this time will be limited as we are now under a 10 day heat wave. Warnings out here to take care of ourselves, pets and our community. Calls are out for water for our inner city residents and for everyone to find a cool place to be and stay there. We'll come in after we get a bit of work done and enjoy the a/c as we get ready for our realtor to visit @ 1 pm. Just as we started thinking we should take advantage of the hot real estate market and sell our old house, the amazing family who have been renting it from us for the last 4 years made the decision to go "back home" as the husband is working 6 to 7 days a week out of town and she is raising 4 sweet boys all on her own. They are so sad to leave and we feel so incredibly blessed to have had such great tenants, our first. But now we can sell this home we've owned for 30 years (next month) and have 1 less thing to worry about. Fingers crossed it will sell well and quickly. This will be our first experience selling a home without my dad. He was an owner/broker with ReMax but died in 2002. Prior to that, he always took on our real estate transactions and not once did we actually ever have to put our home on the market. He would just ask his realtors if someone was looking for a house, show those prospective buyers, and bam! House sold, no commission. So lucky but this time, we'll have to go the traditional route. Thankfully, we're not living in the house and our renters have it so beautifully staged, so fingers crossed. I'll be so nervous until this is done, so hope it's fast! Wish us good luck. 

Wishing you an amazing day and hope wherever you are, the weather is not as hot as ours will be. If it is hot, stay cool. Namaste my dear and sweet blogging buddies.

                                     ~ Chy

August Heat.

Dear Blogging Buddies. I hope where ever you

are, your sky is as blue as ours has been lately.

After so much rain for several months, we are

now on Day 4 of an uncomfortable heat wave.

The sky is amazing and it is lovely to not see dark

clouds all the time. But 4 days of this is a bit much.

I've had to battle 2 days of heat stroke but am on

the mend and catching up. We now need rain!

Ironic, isn't it? Too much rain and now too much

sun. On another note, before all this hot heat, I did

another coat of stain on our deck. Do you like how

the columns have turned out? They need one more

final coat, which I'll do once the weather evens out

again. Our decking is finally all coming together, 

We had to move our pots from the back deck,

which faces south and east, to the front veranda,

which faces west and is much cooler. They are

doing better now that the heat is later in the day.

Out sweet little potting shed, in the hazy late day

sun. I took clear pictures. The heat creates a mist.

At least our cottage stays nice and cool. Big eaves

and air conditioning that only goes on for a few

minutes in the morning and later before we go to

bed really help to keep the heat out. Truly the best

investment ever, even if we only use it for a short

time over the season. Hope you are staying cool too!

~ Chy