Do You Remember?

Do you remember last summer when I bought my first box of Victor Allen's coffee?  It was so good, a few weeks later I bought two more boxes (plus a box of Maud's, but we won't talk about that)?   But wait, there's more!  A month after that, I bought yes, another box of Victor Allen's!  

Yeah....

At long last, I am pleased to report that earlier this week, I put the final pod of all of that coffee into my carousel, and you know what that meant.  Yep, I had to order another box!  

Just the one this time, though, and later on in November, I'll probably buy one of the holiday variety packs -- most likely the one with the hot chocolate in it, but I won't go absolutely crazy like I did last year.  

Since I was ordering anyway, I tossed my little hobbit hole into the cart.   

It's as cute as can be, and it's going to go right up in the front -- provided I can make what's in my head a reality.  That's the hard part.  I can think of cute stuff, I just can't make it look like that in real life.  

On a similar note, I went outside after work yesterday, and pulled the last of the dirt away from two sections of my fence, and this morning I washed them down really well with the hose. 

You would not believe how much dirt was on top of that bottom rail, but I got it all cleaned off. 

Oh, and just for clarification, when I say a section, I mean these parts between the posts. 

I did a little bit more this morning, and got that third sectioned cleaned and washed, but didn't take a picture.  It looks just the same as the rest.  Anyway,  I want to start in that corner where the fence meets the house, and once I can see the beds in the space, I will better be able to visualize how it's going to look once it's all done.  I hope to get it painted once this next heat wave passes -- maybe Friday.  

I thought I might work outside some more, but we're already under a heat advisory.  They're predicting triple digit temps by Tuesday -- and that's actual temps, not feels like temps.  Instead, I cut some more basil and made another batch of pesto.  I have enough pine nuts for one more batch,  so in a week or two, I'll make that and I'll be done with pesto for the year.  

I still have a packet and a half of basil seeds, so next year, I'll probably plant them as companion plants since the deer don't seem to like the odor of them.  I'll do some more research on that before spring comes, though. 

In other news, one of my neighbors had a yard sale this morning.  I told myself I wasn't going to go, but I changed my mind and walked down there anyway.  She had lots of jigsaw puzzles, but I didn't get any because I figured the Incarnation Of Evil wouldn't leave them in peace.  She also had pots and pans and various other things, but in the end, the only thing I got was this electric fake fireplace heater. 

They plugged it in and let me verify that it still worked, and even carried it back to the house for me.  The cat wasn't too sure about it, but I told her she'd like it more when it's cold outside and she has a nice warm place to snuggle up to. 

And finally, we have a hurricane.  Not just any hurricane, a major category 5 hurricane.  

Erin was just a tropical storm yesterday morning, and in just 24 hours, she's a Cat 5.  

My first thought was, "Well, that escalated quickly."  

She's still expected to be a fish storm, though she will likely cause high winds and waves along the east coast.  

With that in mind, I think I'll go watch on of the documentaries on  Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall in Waveland, MS 20 years ago this month.  Oh, and if you're a weather geek like me and aren't watching the Discovery channel series In The Eye Of The Storm, you really should.  

It's good.