Scandinavian hot and I don’t like it.

Written by Christer.

The car thermometer said 29C (84,2F) when I was almost at home and I must say I really don’t like this heat!! As a Scandinavian I’m not used to this kind of heat but preferred our more cooler summers. I do know some people actually loves this I’m happy for them but I’m personally not especially pleased 🙂 🙂 🙂

The gooseberries are almost ripe.

No summer without Californian poppies. I only had a few this year unfortunately.

My plan was to mow the lawn after I had come home after work but since I don’t plan of dying because of heat stroke and/ or total dehydration I skipped it. The dogs tried to play in the garden but gave up pretty quickly and happily went indoors when I opened the door 🙂 They are now sleeping beside me and not even the sound of cars or barking dogs seems to get any interest.

My little meadow is filling up with flowers now. Lots of different coloured Clarkia.

Yarrow grows there too, I better keep an eye on those because they tend to take over totally.

I’m trying to bake the second loaf of bread right now and this time I’ve adjusted the machine for a big loaf. I have however added some cheese this time, a strong cheese I rarely find in the stores. How’s this will affect it all I have no idea though. It’s around an hour left before it’s ready and I guess a few more minutes until I can slice that first piece 🙂 I’ll let You know how everything turnabout tomorrow.

One of my Mock oranges surprised me with a few more flowers.

The entire weekend will be this hot and how people can survive even higher temperatures is an enigma to me. The highest temperature I’v been in was 36C (96,8F) and I didn’t do a thing as soon as the temperature rose. The plants seems to like it a lot though, especially since we had all that rain the other day. I don’t think I need to water anything the coming days 🙂 🙂 I have noticed that we have more mosquitoes now though, good for birds and bats but for me it’s just another thing to be annoyed about 🙂 🙂

Finally a bean stalk not eaten by snails.
My three Pawpaw seedlings, the two closest started growing this year and the third is from last year but mice ate most of 🙂 I really need to figure out how to have them during winter this year so I can plant them next spring.

We’ll have a walk early tomorrow morning while it still is a bit cooler and perhaps I can mow some of the lawn as well, my neighbours mowed the outside parts yesterday, I had a text message from them if it was ok to mow the lawn at 9 pm, it had finally cooled down so who would In have been to say no 🙂 🙂  I won’t have any tea today, instead I bought a bottle of elderberry Ade so I’ll have that instead 🙂

The two younglings in the Forest doves nest 🙂

Have a great day!

2 thoughts on “Scandinavian hot and I don’t like it.”

  1. In Virginia, 84F would be cool right now! For weeks, even if the temperature only gets to 90F it feels like 100+ because of the stifling humidity. It’s hard to breathe outdoors.

    I know how you feel about not doing anything in the heat. On Wednesday I vacuumed the whole house except for the living room (which needs it the most) but was so sweaty after that, I stopped. Now the vacuum has sat here for two days and I’ve yet to finish in the living room. Maybe today, then I’ll jump in the shower.

    We also get scary heavy thunderstorms, usually in the evenings. But they just bring more steam. I am ready for fall, but we still have months’ more heat to go.

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    1. Hi catsworking!

      I just can’t understand how. You can survive that heat 🙂 🙂

      I actually have my vacuum on the upper floor and I really need to vacuum there but it is just too hot to Dom it 🙂 🙂

      It used to be that when a thunderstorm passed by it became much much cooler, not now days. It’s just as hot and also the humidity rises so it gets even nastier than before 🙂 🙂 🙂

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