The photo up top is of a blooming plant on the Hamilton City Council owned and maintained bit of land between the footpath and street in front of my house. They’re intended to help with retaining storm water, somewhat—there are raingarden/catch-pit kinds of things every so often on both sides of the street, but these smaller ones helps to slow runoff from the footpaths.
This plant blooms like this every year in late Spring/early Summer, and I think it’s pretty—and I really, really wish I was allowed to plant something pretty like this in the Damn Raingarden in my front lawn, rather than the dull thing I’m required to plant. It is what is—and at least I got a nice photo out it (that I’d have shared on Friday if I hadn’t been so busy…).
This week was so very busy because I had the unexpected-though-it-should’ve-been-expected dentist appointment on Wednesday. The next afternoon, we were heading to a family member’s birthday party, though I needed to run up to the supermarket for something first, so I was out twice that day. Then on Friday evening we got together for a barbecue for my niece’s birthday. All up, I was out doing something three days in row, which is unusual. Then on Saturday I joined family for a trip to Raglan for lunch and a wander around the numerous galleries and artisan shops there. It was a lovely day, though the clouds were starting to move in by later in the afternoon. Still, four days in a row!
Today, Leo was spared having to do without me on yet another day mainly because it’s raining a lot, and also because the main thing I need to do—go to The Base shopping centre—isn’t something I’d do on a normal weekend, and absolutely never on a rainy weekend three weeks before Christmas! Besides, a rest day is a good idea on its own.
Tomorrow morning, I have a follow-up appointment with the dentist, followed by my trip to The Base (among other things, I NEED a haircut… though I can also hear the siren song of the shops beckoning me in. Seriously, I need some things for my Fiji trip, especially [inhales deeply] clothes for hot weather. Seems to me, Christmas sales are as good a time as any to see what I can find—and Boxing Day sales will give me yet another chance well before the trip.
Add all of that busy onto my periodic weltschmertz, and it was inevitable that I’d fall farther and farther behind in—well, pretty much everything. Take this blog for example. At November’s start, and even into the month, I was certain that the total number of posts would equal or pass September, my most-blogged month of the year so far*. Instead, November’s 20 posts put it in sixth place (so far?) for 2023. That’s disappointing, but not surprising. It’s been a similar story with my podcast over the past few weeks, though in that case it was mostly that it was complicated by the story of NZ’s post-election circus changing several times—and usually right after I’d just finished recording (more about that specifically in the next episode).
And, of course, I have numerous projects around the house that I thought would be done by now, including even putting up my Christmas tree. All things in time, I guess.
At any rate, summer is here, and hopefully we’ll actually HAVE a summer this year. Kirikiriroa-Hamilton is expected to have some above average temps this summer, but they they also say we’ll have both cool and hot periods, just like this past Spring. I just hope we don’t get any “worst-ever” storms this summer, or another “wettest day on record”. That’s actually a far bigger deal to me than whatever I do or don’t get done.
*My most-blogged months of 2023 (so far): 1. September (30 posts); 2. October (29); 3. August (26); 4. April (25); 5. May (22); 6. November (20); 7. With 19 each, January, March, June; 10. July (18); 11. February (6).
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