One Hundred Degrees PLUS!

It was HOT today! We made the mistake of just relying on the open windows and fans and didn't turn on the AC until after 5 PM. By then I was seriously overheated and feeling miserable. Several glasses of water and a Pepsi later, it finally cooled off. We finished up the ranch books for 2011 this afternoon and I did three loads of laundry (which dried almost before it got hung up).

When the outside temp finally dropped down to 85, I went outside to repot my poor lavender plant. It's traveled fairly well since Granddaughter Claire gave it to me for Mother's Day last year, but it's finally gotten so root-bound that water just ran right around and through it and it was not tolerating the heat very well all dried out all the time...

I had bought a bag of Miracle Grow potting soil and a new pot yesterday at Home Depot. It looks a bit crooked now. but I soaked it pretty good. I'll see if I can add more soil in the morning and straighten it out a bit.

I've been smelling orange blossoms every time I go outside. Finally figured out that the lovely smell is coming from the neighbors just down the road. I understand this is called a Mock Orange --

While we were at Home Depot, Forry saw this blue solar powered light and put it in the cart with my potting soil. After charging all day, this is what I saw tonight --

Then this --

And finally, there was the blue light I thought we had bought --

It continually cycles through several colors, there is a pink and a sorta turquoise blue as well. Pretty.