Daily Notes- Another HOT Day (82 at 8am) with the AC Units Running

 Easter Cactus Blooming in June.  This pink and also the red.  Strange. Very Strange.

I have very few books left.  The huge pile of books is now just four.  But I will wait until the last one before going to the library again.  The book I am reading is supposed to be hilarious. There is nothing here so far that is even amusing.  I think, perhaps, another 10 pages and I will move on.

My eyes are tired from removing the red cross stitch from a table cloth.  I seem to be forever removing cross stitch.  This one...is very very bad cross-stitch.  Hardly crosses.  It's just a mess.  I don't know why cross stitch removal is harder on my eyes than reading?

There hasn't been any mail in a few days- junk of course, but nothing real.  Several postcards from Real Estate Agents letting us know houses are listed for X amount-  eye popping numbers-- and have sold for X amount- equally eye popping.  The houses are modest.  Unattractive.  Old but not the good kind of old. No charm.  And yet--- so much money.  Where are buyers getting money??? Business is not good.

My neighbor has sent a picture via iPhone to show us her new 3 week old grand daughter.  The baby looks plump and intelligent.  How mine looked at 3 months and not three weeks.  I liked the baby at first sight.

My Vegan Monday Lunch Delivery suggested the slice of pie might "benefit" from a short stay in the freezer before eating.  I followed directions and it was sort of a rhubarb cream ice cream pop.  I liked it frozen.  I think the previous vegan "chocolate" pie would have been great after an hour or two in the freezer also. I'm sorry I gave it away.  Right now I have a Vegan Spring Roll in the fridge.  Correct me if I am wrong but aren't all Spring Rolls essentially Vegan?  Not the ones with shrimp but the plain ones.

I also have a Tofu Rice Bowl.  I am trying to find it a good home.  

I carried water all around and watered the neighbors plants and our own.  The Peach Trees are getting 35 minutes of water each morning while I eat my oatmeal and read the paper.  Each day I look and the baby peaches are larger than the previous day.  Early morning water is easier for them to absorb and use.  Later in the day- everything is more difficult.  It certainly is that way for me.  

We have decided to wait until next week to cut the grass.  When it might be cooler.  I'm sure the grass doesn't actually mind being an inch or two taller in all this heat.