h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

for the explanations Hypatia and Lady C. - what you told makes sense to me. This is a very small country with land thouroughly cultered (i.e. farmed and/or kept 'semiwild') - not a square inch not attended to or kept an eye on by the farmers or the state and Nature Organisations.

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Only the sea surrounding us is (fairly) wild.

Sometimes I forget that most countries are not as expansive as the US and tend to take our wide open spaces for granted. I feel though, that if we didn't have some kind of conservation practices in place, the resources would be all used up and my grandchildren might not have the advantages of them.

We had a tiny bit of rain overnight and it is a bit drizzly this morning. But no significant precipitation. It is supposed to be 94º tomorrow. That's too danged hot for April.

We had sun today. . The downside was that Sig. S and I played indoors all day at a 40th birthday.

Sig. S got himself an adorable female fan. 8 months old. She jumped on her father's lap, swinged her arms, smiled at Sig. S. all the time and even 'sang' with us. .

No tiny bit of rain here. It's hot and windy again. We bought more mulch for the garden. I have a feeling we are really going to need it this year.
Tartaronne, your birthday bash sounds delightful.

Just checked the temperature in the back yard--in the shade. It's 90 degrees F--about six degrees cooler than yesterday. It's only April 15. I'm afraid we are in for a "Long, Hot Summer".

We should pot luck and share our weather, Lady C. Here it is 6 C about 40 F (at midnight that is) and the farmers complain the ground is to wet for getting the seeding started.

Wouldn't that be lovely if we could pot luck the weather between our two countries? Hubby and I were just talking about how much windier it has been here the past two or three years. In a fortnight, we have had, maybe, two days of calm weather. The rest of the time the wind has been blowing. The air is full of dirt and so is my house, my eyes and my teeth when I go outside!
He was born and raised here in Kansas and today came in the house and said "A man would have to be a fool to move to Kansas!" I thought that said it all!!!!(The is mine--not his.)

After weeks of cold, miserable weather, it's actually been mild enough here today to be in the garden without a jacket.
I'm itching to get going on the cutting-back and weeding - and managed about five minutes of doing this before I realised that my back was not enjoying it

Backs are pesky things sometimes. I'm glad your weather is improving. It is suppposed to be 94ºF/34.4ºC here today and tomorrow with a gradual return to more seasonal temperatures later in the week. Things should be about normal next weekend for our yardwork marathon with Lady C, the strong, handsome SiL, and the great nephews.

Lord C is going to rip up the final bit of carpet for me. WooHoo! I hate wall to wall carpet.

It has been beautiful spring weather here as well. And my brother and various helpers did a lot of work in my mother's tiny patches of garden.

I helped by playing with grandson A. . We played football and drew with chalk on flagstones. Mostly boxes with boas .