We’re feeling the heat, some say this is abnormally hot for July, It’s mission impossible to keep it all watered, survival of the fittest plants around here, the grass has deserted us, a disgusting shade of fudgesicle brown, not that I care, but I do worry about my flower gardens.
It’s fast becoming obvious which plants do well in this climate, and which are more willing to wither and die, than blossom, and bloom. I want to query the previous gardeners as to why they planted a hydrangea in a full sun garden, it’s been moved to partial shade, where it is still playing Garden Diva.
“Wwwwhhhaaattter meee darling,” it pleads at the first sign of heat. “Dahling, I’m simply perished, s o veddy, veddy thirsty… ”
… Me too, and your accent makes me yearn for a gin and tonic. Suck it up baby, you’ve got one of the best spots in the yard.
Even the volunteer sunflowers hastily planted by the squirrel, over the winter, are demanding to be watered every day. Diva’s, they most certainly are, and that attitude is rubbing off on the Zinnia's, who are demanding to be watered all the time.
And then we have the amorous orange kitty, due to the heat wave we sleep downstairs and the window is only 12 inches off of the garden bed. Perfect height for orange kitty to come calling in the middle of the night.
“Meooooowww, hello fur babies, want to come out and play, we can go around the back and spray the porch, it’s really fun. And then we will hit the veggie garden, the composter, the doors… and then we can… XXXXXX ” ahem, kitty that’s rude.
Imagine it’s surprise when a human face shows up at the window rubbing sleep out of it’s eyes.
“Get, go away, skoooooot”… darn cat.
“Meoooooowww” and a few other rude kitty moans that I will not repeat. Bad kitty, seriously naughty kitty. Your middle of the night antics are not amusing us at all.
The heat is supposed to break, and the orange kitty had better have a curfew or I am going to be marching up to it’s owner’s door in my nightgown, with it howling in a carry case.
After all, if I can’t sleep due to their amorous kitty, why should they?
So… how’s your summer?
