Zoomtime with friends - Leslie in the morning, and Karen in the afternoon was probably the best part of my day. Also picking almost 4 ounces more blueberries early in the day after making sure all the young trees were watered, so they can go into the dreadful high heat tomorrow well hydrated.
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~ silverwood ~
The (20+years at least old) roof here at Acorn Cottage is being replaced this week. The lightest color of shingles available from my roofing contractors. Given that shingles are made from asphalt, they can't be solid white. Given my budget (and my own expected life span) this was the best option...~ silverwood ~
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Other garden news, the peas are basically done. Next year I will try and plant them earlier than I did this time. On the other hand, the tomatoes are getting really close, the two largest ones were a pinky orangey color, and fell off the vine into my hand. They will continue to ripen on the counter.
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Minor repairs to the air cleaner, which had two of its four little conical rubbery legs fall off. Carefully removed all the not very good sticky adhesive from the legs and the case, and reattached them with some RTV silicone. One of the buckwheat hull pillows made a flexible adjustable cushion to accomodate the handle on the top; balanced bottom side up and level meant the legs stayed put until the RTV cured.
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The other rather kludgy project of the day was transforming a plastic tarp into a narrower version of itself by folding into thirds and sewing around the edge on the machine. The walking foot was helpful. It isn't pretty, but doing it this way meant I didn't need to set rivets into the corners to attach it. Why is this needed? There is a gap between the porch roof and the house roof. It would be less than ideal if debris from the roof tear off fell down onto the front walkway, particularly since that is where I intend to have the cooler(s) and ice for the workers on Thursday. One of tomorrow's tasks is attaching each end of the thicker narrower tarp as high up as possible. Will need to add at least one more heavy hooks into one of the porch rafters near the house, the other three corners have something already in place to tie off to. Wish I had thought of this earlier, before the heat rolled in...
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Further adjustments of the sunblock mitts today, they were slashed more than halfway up the forearm end, and the edges overlapped an inch on each side, tapering away to nothing near the wrist. Much better fit was obtained, and the pattern will be adjusted appropriately. It didn't take more than an hour or two to redo the hand stitching on the edge bands, and double stitch the new additional seam.
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July SMART goals (x=extra)
| # | THINGS MADE | THINGS FIXED | THINGS GONE |
| 1 | Raven scroll | 6 prs Beth pants | recycle bin |
| 2 | black floral scarf | prune² Wanda plum | greenwaste bin |
| 3 | 4 jars strawberry- rhubarb preserves | mulch peartrees | greenwaste bin |
| 4 | sunblock mitts | Eames top | - |
| 5 | catch tarp for porch | filter box legs | - |
| 6 | x | x | x |
| 7 | x | x | x |
| 8 | x | x | x |
| 9 | x | x | x |
today's gratitudes -
- managed to get to the store first thing in the morning and last thing at night, when the outdoor temperature was less than surface of the sun, to acquire two bags of small ice for cooler use on Thursday; if I need more, can acquire Thursday evening
- Good Neighbors are lending me an extra cooler for Thursday
- All the dishes are finally washed
Time of Isolation - Day 1821
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