Re: Checking in

Merlyne <[email protected]> wrote:

> > Hi, Merlyne, lovely to see you again.
> > 
> > I've had a pretty quiet summer, I'm getting a bit old for gallivanting
> > <g>.  Weather patterns seem to be changing.  We've had lovely weather
> > in late spring and early autumn (the hottest day of the year was two
> > days ago) but summer itself was a bit of a washout.  I still managed
> > to get out into the garden when I wanted, though.
> 
> The weather's been crazy here too. It was super hot early (May) and when
> I say hot, I mean 40C and humid. We had a few tornados and of course
> half the country is on fire. August was rainy. It's the first summer in
> a long time where the lawn didn't burn out. Now it's back to normal
> again. I didn't spend much time outside. The rain made the mosquitoes
> bad :( 

I cannot be doing with skeeters!  

It's spider time here in dear old Blighty; I've just evicted a monster.*
They prefer the warmth of indoors now that the nights are getting
colder.  Fortunately I have a very effective humane spider-evictor, like
this one (highly recommended): 

<https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31EKrpoNyXL._AC_.jpg>

* We name our spiders.  Mostly they're Boris but also: Doris; Horace;
Maurice; Norris; and Alanis Borisette (she's the one with the long hair
who plays the harmonica - sorta...)

<https://youtu.be/bvFuUaCe8eY>

-- 
^Ï^.         Sn!pe         <https://youtu.be/_kqytf31a8E>

 My pet rock Gordon just is.