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Apricots and the Scale with New 9V I got soaked for.

I think it rained for 28 of the 30 days of June. I don’t know what the stats are for July, but it had been drier, even though I’ve gotten soaked *to the skin* twice in the past three days. To add insult to injury, both times, I’ve gotten home, showered, changed into lounge wear, done a load of laundry and then only to find the sun break through the clouds later in the afternoon. Listen, weather, if it has to rain so hard that the only part of me not soaking wet is the top of my head and part of one shoulder, have the decency to rain the ENTIRE DAY and let me not regret being too lazy to get changed and go out again.

After this Sunday morning fiasco in which I knew it was going to rain since it was 110% humid but I needed stuff from the CVS, I decided to ensconce myself at home. The downside is that as I type this, the blue is peeking through the clouds. But now I can’t leave because I’m lazy, it’s getting into the slow part of Sunday evening, and my AC is on so I can’t waste it. The upside is I actually did not just eat my beautiful California apricots out of hand and made a lovely apricot and cherry tart. Anti-environment California apricots kick the crap out of local earthy hippy-dippy anemic ones any day of the week.

The rustic tart.

California’s dry climate may be easier to bear and their irrigated produce is beautiful, but I’d be useless if I lived there. Imagine if it rained as thunderously as it did this morning every day. I might actually have… accomplishments.

Posted on August 2nd, 2009 under Food •  Print •  Email • RSS 2.0 feed • Leave a response, or trackback