Have been hearing of heat waves and flooding in parts of Australia, it's been very hot here but the forecast for the weekend is for hotter weather, 44 degree heat (that's 111.2 Fahrentheit) I swear I've already started melting! Having no air conditioning isn't going help either.
Had to do a rescue tonight, I was sitting in my sewing room when I heard cheeping from outside. I went out to investigate and noticed it was on the other side of the fence, the neigbour has a chicken run along our side fence. I stood on a chair to look over the fence and noticed a tiny duckling on it's own, lost in the darkness. I was wondering what to do when my cat came out the door I had left open, heard the cheeping and jumped onto the fence to investigate, she was on the top of the coop before I could get to her. I knew I had to get to the duckling before her so grabbed a hammer, prised fence palings off to squeeze through the fence. Was able to catch the duckling easily, it was attracted to my torchlight and snuck around to the front of the coop, turning off the torch when I got in veiw of the house. Didn't want to scare the elderly lady if she noticed torchlight in her chicken run at midnight. The door was chocked closed but I managed to pry it open a little to push the duckling through, took 2 goes as it came right out under the door the first time. I'm hoping that it finds it's mother or at least a substitute for tonight. Very glad it wasn't the cat's dinner, apart from mine there are many roaming around here. My cat refused to come off the roof so I had to leave her, she's only just knocked on the window to be let in. I tied the fence palings up, I'll nail them tomorrow, can't even explain what I did to the lady, she doesn't speak a word of english.
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Nice rescue for the poor wayward duckling! At first I thought you were after the cat with the hammer! I'm looking through your writings and melting with you in the heat. Colorado sun is relentless in the summer too until the afternoon thunder storms come.
Thanks for the information on the laundry soap. It's a small but significant step toward our green goal, right. The bar soap I used was a homemade soap from the Farmer's Market and had a delightful scent already so I didn't notice the lack of fragrance. But next time I'll be using Ivory or Fels Naptha (which probably means nothing to you) - at any rate I'll add an essential oil. Just a little:) Stay cool the best you can.
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