Thursday, August 1, 2013

Thursday Thoughts

For most of you, summer is coming to an end.  Living so much farther south, I never look at summer ending until at least September.  We usually see the effects of a northern cold front until the week before Halloween when it sweeps humidity away and lowers daytime temps to low 80s.  This year has flown by so it won't be long before we're able to open the house in the evenings, anyway.  I absolutely love our weather from late October through early May.  It's why we live here. And the Gulf...of course.

Southern end of the island at Howard Park. Tarpon Springs

We still haven't seen any temps above 95 here this summer, but the "feels like" temps have been more.  Nothing really bad here on the coast.  We've had breeze all day most days and a brief storm almost every day.  Everything is lush and green. Love it.  My husband has had cut back our Bougainvillea several times since the advent of this summer's tropical weather.


No new pictures, but just want to mention that our avocado trees are doing wonderfully well since he transplanted them from pot to front yard a couple weekends ago.  There has been no trauma to leaves or anything of that nature.  They are shiny and healthy looking.  I'll get new pictures this weekend and we'll measure their heights again.  It makes me happy to see them thriving in their new location.  They are in full sun and seem to enjoy it.  One day they will be 30-40 feet tall and the wide spread of their canopies will provide a lot of shade for the front of the house.  

Hope we are still healthy enough to be living here then.

Happy Thursday, everyone.



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  1. JackAugust 5, 2013 at 4:22 PM

    Always somewhat envious of your weather and scenery posts, Sheri. You've lived in this general area of the country, so you can understand why.

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  2. SherriAugust 5, 2013 at 4:34 PM

    Jack, what I used to really hate about where we lived in central Virginia was the bugs that would dive bomb us as soon as we steeped out of the house in the summertime. Deer flies, wasps, June bugs and other beetles. And, dear Lord, the black flies! We have no flies here -- black or deer. The mosquitoes are only bad if we have a land breeze. If it's a Gulf breeze, a walk in the evening is very comfortable. When we go inland we run into more bugs. Another reason for living close to the coast. ;-)

    We have lots of tree frogs and they start up just as the sun goes down -- as they do in most beach areas. And we live side by side with the little lizards that make Beau's life so interesting. They eat mosquitoes and other bugs, though, so they do not bother me. When I see them around, I know there are no snakes nearby. Ha ha.

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