What I'm Reading This Week #24
Sup y'all! Welcome to flop sweat season (and Friday!) I hope you had a good week and stayed cool. I had to wave the flag and pull all of the 'impatiens' I grew from seed as that is not the plant I apparently bought. I'm still going round with the people I got them from because dammit, I want a refund. So I had to go to the nursery and get regular impatiens to replace the ones I pulled. It's already nicer to see actual color instead of looking out everyday and wonder WTF they're going to turn into other than some rando plant with a thick, juicy stem. Not that the ones I got look a ton better as they too are leggy. I don't know what the deal is with that. I also grabbed some chives half off to plant with the zinnias to keep the aphids at bay. Who knows if it'll actually work or not, we'll see. Now let's see: 9 Foot Exercises to Try at Home (I've been doing these over the last week and oochie owie for my weak azz feet...
I used to love shooting them off as a kid and stuff but there is just too much trouble you can get in doing that yourself nowadays. I now cringe when I hear other people setting off ones that are over people's homes. I guess I am with the sanctioned fireworks crowd now. Happy 4th everyone!
ReplyDeleteI don't enjoy parades or crowds, so I'm content to sit on my back deck and see them from the town next door, but with the bugs out there, I usually am inside watching our local fireworks show, which happens to be the largest in IL. When the hubs and I were younger we used to do big fireworks displays and that was a lot of fun. But nowadays one of our dogs is very nervous about any loud noises (garbage trucks used to send him into a tailspin) so we keep the house closed up and the tv turned up to block out what we can from outside.
ReplyDeleteI love professional firework shows, not crazy about crowds though so it depends on the situation as to whether we go or not However I hate that many of our neighbors in our development shoot off their own rockets. 1) I'm always certain their ineptitude will result in my house being on fire; 2) it scare the heck out of my dog; 3) it goes on until all hours and 4) the next day there is firework trash all over the yard and pool screen.
ReplyDeleteLove fireworks. Hate crowds. We live across from the village municipal complex so we don't have to leave our yard to see most of the local fireworks.
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