Ah, the joys of home ownership. Bleah!

So over the last three years the caulking seal got a bit wobbly around the edges of the surround in one of the showers (weirdly, this house as three, which seems like way too many for normal life, until you have three people who all want a shower and then you say Yay until you remember the water heater will only shower two with any warmth and by the time you remember that you have at least one guest shivering in a tepid shower somewhere and are trying to chase a family member out of their shower so the guest won't freeze and...anyway...).  It's been on the 'to do' list for a couple years and finally bubbled to the top long enough for a closer look.

SO. Now the surround has all been pried off and toted outside and we have these horrible looking walls of old yellow glue, torn paper off the concrete board and MILDEW.  Oh delightful!  Ah, lots and lots of nice, black mildew that was quietly building an entire Mildewopolis in the darkness, plotting to come take over the house someday.  The mildew taxis were full of fleeing wealthy mildewites as the Rain of Death began spritzing over the blackened rooftops... The house now smells of bleach, the mildew city is slated for the continued death and destruction of all inhabitants and now I have to go shopping for a new surround.  Really, really hope we don't have to rip out the entire tub over this, but you know how home ownership is... aaaackkk.

Wishing I had more time online that wasn't either working on my etsy shop or working on the church newsletter - I feel as if I'm really missing out on all kinds of interesting stuff going on in my flister's lives, like the party is over there, next door, and I haven't time to come hang out in the back yard with my little plastic cup of soda too.  Hope your summers (and bathroom mildew headcounts) are going in the right direction.

Stay cool

Egads. Just looking at the heat map that NASA has for the US at this point.... Here in Oregon, I'm wearing a light sweater, cradling my cup of tea and it's drizzling outside.  I wish I could gather all of you heat-suffering people to my house where you could go lay in the cool grass and mud of my yard, look at the flowers and let the drizzle fall upon you.

How hot is it where you are?  Are ya'll doing okay?

Cool rainy garden pics

My previous post about how hot and miserable it is in many a place made me think to go out into my yard this morning and wander around with the camera for a few minutes - cool your eyes with a bit of my rainy garden today, if you like:
( Rainy plants and flowers )