Various LWS on WU report temps ranging from 74F to 86F @ 09:00, all are within a couple of miles of here. The sun is out and is very bright.
Nobody here is up besides myself.
Yesterday was a pretty relaxed day, with substantial amounts of energy being conserved.
Plants on shelves out back watered first thing, did not get any more moved down from the greenhouse in the dining room.
17 winter squash/pumpkin seeds out of the last 30 I planted have sprouted:
Made further progress on clearing off the kitchen table.
Since I wanted to change the water in the jars with the sweet potato seeds that meant that something would have to be done about the perpetual disaster that is our kitchen sink.
This could all be avoided if
someone could grasp the concept that the kitchen sink is not a long-term "storage area" for dirty dishes, with both basins needing to be kept filled at all times.
So the sink got emptied out and the dishwasher loaded and run.
After that I was able to get the water changed in the sweet potato seeds and can happily report that at least 5 (of 11) seeds have developed roots and are starting to sprout:
Got home phone/internet bill paid.
Got checks cut for real estate taxes which are not due for another 3 weeks and stuck those in an envelope and put a stamp on it.
Refilled tube feeders and hopper feeder, also scattered some seeds for the ground feeders.
Cleaned out old peanut butter jar with a spatula wiping the old stuff on a plastic container and set that on the perch that holds dried corn on the cob for the squirrels.
Did another glue up and clamping on a raised bed board.
Move all 3 short t posts into the garage where it was cooler.
Used wire brush in angle grinder set to low speed with HFT speed control to clean off one short t post and took it back outside to spray with primer once temps went back below 90F.
Noticed groundhog out back and headed to bed room to see if I could get a shot. As I went to open the window I spotted a pair of white spot fawns at the edge of the flower bed.
Not wanting to spook those two, I decided to hold off on taking the shot but decided to open the window, hoping they would depart and I could still take a shot.
That alerted the groundhog which dove for its burrow ... which in turn alerted the fawns who proceeded to head directly for that new fence of deer we had put up.
The first one took the fence (and itself) down ... with the second bounding over the pile of fence and fawn and headed off into the woods.
The first one eventually got up and sort of wandered over to the middle of the lawn over the leach field, and just stood there looking pretty dazed and confused.
So I fired off a round in its general direction, making sure to aim so that I didn't actually hit it.
It just stood there for a minute or two before it finally decided to follow its sibling off into the woods.
After that I decided to head out and start mowing down here around the house.
But first I started to prime that t post since the temps had cooled off a bit. Was a partially empt can of primer, got 1/3 the post primed before the valve on the can clogged ...
Got east side about 85% done along with the area over the leach field ... towards the end of that I got the notification rain would be starting in 15 minutes.
Made it back inside - with the partially primed t post - just as the drops started to fall.
Eventually a Special Weather Statement was issued and we got a deluge ... really poured for about 5 to 10 minutes. Storm turned severe over Green, OH, one city east of us.
So more watering moves down the list for a few more days.
Really do need to get that rain gauge put up ... along with an outdoor thermometer.
Went back out after dinner and got fence put back up. Need to put some ribbons on it.
Not sure what all on agenda for today.
Only calling for a high of 88F ... but dew point is currently 073F so it will likely be nasty out there again today.
Squeak joined me in the garage the other day ... and she was really in her element:
Hope everyone is having a decent Wednesday. I’m
Looking for answers at this point. The prednisone they gave her has helped a lot but you can’t be on that forever. I drove because she won’t be able to after this shot. 
