I planned on working on the front window’s woodwork this week and finally get that done. I have it stripped but it needs a thorough scrub down with denatured alcohol before I sand it. I just can’t put shellac on it now because it just will stay sticky in this high humidity and heat. Yesterday it was almost 90% humidity and hot. This is the worst I have seen since moving from the west coast. I don’t mind a day or two but it has lasted so many days now!

I bought some peaches at a fruit stand last Sunday when we took an antiquing trip to Westfield, NY. The biggest treasure I found that day was the peaches. They are so delicious. I put them on the counter because a few weren’t totally ripe yet and this morning I looked them over and discovered mold. Dog gone humidity! I put them in the refrigerator to save the rest.

Our cats’ litter box is in the basement. We have a little kitty door cut into door leading to the basement and that keeps any smell down there. But this humidity has caused the clumping kitty litter to not do its job. Everything is moist.

There is a good part about this humidity, though. I often don’t get back to the clothes dryer in time to prevent wrinkles. When it is humid like this, you just hang up the wrinkled clothes and they automatically, quite magically, unwrinkle.

We have air conditioning up stairs but nothing but fans downstairs. So these days when the heat index is very high, we pretty much live up here.