#sarasspringcount23 — Public Fediverse posts

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Taking a few days off from this, but will continue sometime next week with a summer thread.
If you want to know more about Swedish midsummer celebrations, ask @maxelson …
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My half glazed benches are stored out of the rain, the spinach & dill has grown enough to be without cover & the rhododendron blooming is over.
I’m breaking this thread here & will post a link to a thread roll below as a last post
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Soon, at 2.58 pm local time, is the summer solstice. Tonight will be the shortest night of the year. It’s raining, +20°, so not much chance of seeing any sunset or sunrise.
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Lots of stale apples for the birds today. Even the squirrels did not manage to end all. There, on the birdhouse, is one half apple saved for tomorrow…
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That dirty blue kitchen… next person in this house will tear it all out, probably rearrange the whole middle floor, so no need to be overly ambitious …

No, one more fridge shelf to clean.. I’d better get going.
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Last on the list was help with the kitchen & after a quick look the son cheered up. This is nothing he said. This is what we usually work with… clearing shelfs, wash & paint was a no problem.
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Sadly the grandson with devise to analyze was not included.
The white barge boards along the roof are extremely dirty & need pressure washing + all shutters need to be taken down & painted (not to talk about the windows)
And no chemicals that kill the plants!
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It’s been pretty hot outside & after noon I had a recommended painting firm visiting to figure out what kind of color is on the house. 3 persons did not agree- myself, one elderly gentleman, grandfather in the family business & his son.
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It’s only 17 hrs until the summer solstice & today was one strange day.
I ended up cleaning parts of the fridge…
That fridge badly needs to be pulled out & cleaned behind. It’s self defrosting but the pipe needs clearing. I have brushes, but where…❓
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Half past 10 …
Bit hard to believe & does not feel like time for bed
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Payed some bills & saved down all my garden threads on the hard drive

Finally made that pizza & ate more than half

By then the weather had improved

Tomorrow will be sunny
More rain Wednesday …

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Surprisingly considering how much sugar I had in March last year when I made my inventory of groceries, so much I thought it would last my lifetime

Then read a bit in @tsbalans’ anthology about teachers attending 3 full hrs of compulsory meetings each week😱
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There is especially one of the squirrels, more or less tame by now, that without nuts for breakfast climbs into the ivy where the wrens nest.

So, I stayed inside, made a batch of cookies & had plans for more, but surprisingly ran out of sugar.
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It’s 1 day 18 hrs until the summer solstice which means tomorrow night and the next will be the shortest this summer.
And it sure rained. Enough to overflow the gutter over the patio. Before it started there was just enough time to feed birds & squirrels
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And this @JeanEdwards is what those look like if you let them take over… forget other wild flowers in the lawn (or grass)
Same for yellow poppies or those pink lovelies…
Nice when you have nothing, then whops, all over the place

(Considering those wild roses…)

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More rain tomorrow… not a lot, but some.
And then on Wednesday. Looks like we will get some more tonight
I need to clean up the kitchen, revive my sourdough & set a pizza dough, maybe bake cookies
The garden will not run away …
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Below the bean tree is this poor thing. The last of 2 originally vigorous pink climbing roses, dug up & moved several times due to drainage of the house now completely in the shade
And up front, below the jasmines is another more healthy wild variety
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I go hunting -
Behind the logs the black currant is falling over & needs support + the Solomon seals have done their thing, I have to walk around, but at end of the logs is one rose that could be lead up the fence
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Mulch & sun! From now on I’ll fill all flower beds. Sod the snails, seems birds eat most of them.
Luckily there will be loads of branches as the flowering bushes will have to be pruned…
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Below that one & behind the blueberries are several yellow rose bushes that used to grow under the magnolia tree on the other side of the house & they all look like they will flower for the first time in many years…
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It seems climbing roses are the thing to go for along the fence & behind the logs. They grow like crazy in the sun!
Just look at this one left side of the gate & actually the newly replanted on other side of the gate is already on its way after only a month
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I dreamt that it was not midsummer but midwinter ahead & no arrangements made for expected Christmas guests. Which woke me up abruptly at half past 3…
By then the rain had ceased, so I went for an inspection of flower beds. They look their best right now
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It’s only 2 days until the summer solstice on Tuesday at 2.58 pm
It’s +18° outside & it rained all morning, so no glazing or more serious gardening was possible. Instead I ate a very unhealthy British brunch, read my book & fell asleep…
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Sorry, but she has to go inside
I have loads to do today as we expect a day of rain tomorrow
-Finish my bench glazing
-Weed and spread mulch in flower beds
-Hang up cacti
-Spread soil & manure
Etc.

Tightening this, but will have to measure her first …
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It’s a nice fresh morning as it is 4 days, 6 hrs & 30 min until the summer solstice. I sit on the patio planning my day. I took cat Alice outside & parked her under the azalea (can you see her?), but within 10 min she had managed to break lose…
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Looks like that was it. The bean tree felled every lose petal at once. The patio is all yellow
It’s a pity to go inside, but only 20° feels chilly & you have to eat too
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I was just in time gathering all that firewood to put it in my giant, blue Spanish post sack
Bought the illustrated edition of Hitchhikers guide 3 yrs ago, printed in Spain, 5 books in 1 sack!
Postman stayed on to see that whatever well sealed valuables were not damaged
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I glazed rest of the bench tops right after midday, very slowly, but now fortunately dry enough for some rainfall at half past 7
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It’s only 4 days until the summer solstice & believe it or not, but we actually just had a very brief thunderstorm…
The air smells of summer rain & the temperature dropped at least 7°
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