Gah, this was eventful!
Jul. 1st, 2025 07:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartNot to mention hot, even though I did my short grocery run in the morning when it was still only 24 degrees. We've got 32 now, but it feels more, as the wind has stopped and the hot air just hangs around the house like a stiffling curtain.
In any case, I had a busy social life today. I had a nice, long phone chat with Erna (our arts teacher and a good friend since 1995). Then my friend Eenie dropped by for the oil exchange. Nothing to do with cars; I got a bottle of olive oil from my other friend, Elise, for the spicy oils I'm planning to make for the fair. Only that olive oil isn't good for that. Eenie's husband is Spanish and loves to cook - Spanish dishes, with lots of olive oil. So we swapped my olive oil for sunflower oil, and now we are both happy.
Eenie also brought me three little bouquets of lavender, which I already started processing. The petals are now drying on the subtropical balcony; in a day or two I can fill the remaining potpourri sachets and be done with this particular task. Even though I might have to sew another little sachet or two; but that isn't such a big hardship.
No cooking today. We didn't even eat our leftovers. Instead, we had big portions of chocolate ice cream with Eenie and a coffee - ideal for the weather.
After Eenie left, I had two more lovely phone chats: with my friend Evie and with H. I love chatting with H: she's the best to discuss crafting and baking with. Right now, she's suffering from the heat, too, though; and from the fact that school holidays have started and she has the grandkids all day until their parents get home from work. This means she can't skip cooking when she doesn't feel like, and that's really depressing. Who wants to slave over a hot oven by weather like this?
In any case, I had a busy social life today. I had a nice, long phone chat with Erna (our arts teacher and a good friend since 1995). Then my friend Eenie dropped by for the oil exchange. Nothing to do with cars; I got a bottle of olive oil from my other friend, Elise, for the spicy oils I'm planning to make for the fair. Only that olive oil isn't good for that. Eenie's husband is Spanish and loves to cook - Spanish dishes, with lots of olive oil. So we swapped my olive oil for sunflower oil, and now we are both happy.
Eenie also brought me three little bouquets of lavender, which I already started processing. The petals are now drying on the subtropical balcony; in a day or two I can fill the remaining potpourri sachets and be done with this particular task. Even though I might have to sew another little sachet or two; but that isn't such a big hardship.
No cooking today. We didn't even eat our leftovers. Instead, we had big portions of chocolate ice cream with Eenie and a coffee - ideal for the weather.
After Eenie left, I had two more lovely phone chats: with my friend Evie and with H. I love chatting with H: she's the best to discuss crafting and baking with. Right now, she's suffering from the heat, too, though; and from the fact that school holidays have started and she has the grandkids all day until their parents get home from work. This means she can't skip cooking when she doesn't feel like, and that's really depressing. Who wants to slave over a hot oven by weather like this?
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Date: 2025-07-01 06:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2025-07-02 12:28 am (UTC)It has been very hot. Even where I am right now, up in the mountains, it's still quite warm. even though it's well below the temperatures at sea level.
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Date: 2025-07-02 06:07 pm (UTC)Welcome back, by the way! I've missed you and was wondering what you might be up to.
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Date: 2025-07-02 06:09 pm (UTC)It was Heidi with the grandkids, though; and since they live under the same roof permanently, she's always on Granny shift.
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Date: 2025-07-03 03:43 pm (UTC)Then pass my condolences on to Heidi, please!