Slow Saturday

A friend expressed a bit of surprise at how much we accomplished on the Prowler over two days. I explained that the Babaloo and I are 'sprinters' ... we can push hard for two or three days and then we need a day or two to recover. Today was recovery day.

We got up and had coffee, and I noticed that the Durham Beekeepers were going to be at the downtown farmers' market today. We took requests from the teen (the younger kid was sleeping in), and popped over to the Central Park area of town. We got a chance to talk to a couple of folks about bees and honey and concerns about infiltration by killer bees! and how lovely Blue Orchard Bees are, too.

Some folks were supposed to be there to talk about home canning and to give out samples of pectin and pickling spice, but I was so entranced by the bees I forgot to look for them.

The Babaloo and I nabbed some lovely, warm scones and two loaves of bread, plus some pretty little zucchini, the most gigantic, shiny onions, and peaches, which are finally in season here.

The onions are, like, the size of a child's head.

On our way out the door, the Babaloo had sneered at his regular hat and grabbed a ball cap instead, so when I got home, I scrubbed all the sweat, sawdust, and fiberglass off his regular hat. I hope I didn't ruin it. I did triple-check instructions on the interwebs, and it seems to be drying well so far.

Balanced on an upside-down pitcher inside a shallow bin.

Then I started some laundry and listed some shelving on Craigslist. I got a call almost immediately.

Seven of these are no longer in my household.

After that, I also scrubbed the heck out of the tub and commode upstairs. I'd unclogged the tub and sink drains last night with lye, because for some reason you can't buy Drano crystals and the liquid stuff is absolutely ineffective. 

The guy at Ace Hardware was reluctant to sell this to me.

...backtracking... While I was at the hardware store last night, I also bought a wide-angle sticky mirror for the Babaloo's truck, and hardware to attach the license plate to the trailer. The license plate is no longer hanging by two pieces of wire, but we need to scrub his side-view mirrors really well before adding the auxiliary mirror.

And that's about it, because I get migraines about four times a year, and I've been fighting one all day. Part of it is from being overly tired. The larger part of it is we have a major thunderstorm headed our way and the humidity is off the charts. Tired + air pressure + humidity = migraine.

Tonight's forecast.

Credit: Weather.com

Have I mentioned that I'm looking forward to a drier environment?