Day: June 25, 2026

The greenery portion of it, like the stem and leaves is unappealing, and somewhat hideous, but the purple flower is rather pretty. The weed is sparsely populated with the tiny little flowers. Only a handful on each four foot tall fibrous stalk. Not much of a looker as a whole package, but I am given to understand that it has medicinal properties, though what those are has not been elaborated on, at least to me by those that spoke up regarding my post on Threads.

The rain has not yet come, and it is now more than a day overdue. The school term has ended, and the clouds hang heavy, and lie low upon the horizon. The wind has picked up slightly, and the ambient temperature has dropped. All signs lead to rain, and yet. No rain has come. Will this be the story of summer break 2026 I wonder? Quite possibly so. I have left the rain barrel untouched, and instead watered my fruit trees from the dehumidifier catchment tray. Might have to hold on to the rain barrel water for a little longer than I had hoped. Perhaps 200-300L was not enough, and I should have incorporated two! We shall see.

It’s my youngest daughter’s birthday today, and she is now nine years old, and I feel like time has started to move faster than ever. Soon both children will be double digits as my eldest becomes a fully fledged tween, on her way to being an outright teenager. Where are my tiny toddlers at? Those two that wanted a hug, or a kissed knee when they fell over. Needed help to open jars, bottles, packages of all types. I love them as independent people, but I also miss the year old, just walking while babbling stage. They were, and are still adorable. Pretty good kids, both of them. Their report cards came in yesterday and both were excellent.

Happiest of birthdays to my schmoo! She was exhausted after her party on Tuesday, so I know it went well in her opinion. They swam, had water fights, played with water guns, and about 200 water balloons. It was warm & sunny without being stifling. Thirteen kids was a lot, but four were family, and one a neighbour who is always around, so just a small group of classmates this year.

Pretty soon these kids will be driving, and going off on adventures with their friends and peers from all the extracurriculars that they participate in. Good kids. Well natured.

Happy birthday to you all whom are born on this day.

If I look I bet I’m about one more day away from hitting 800 days on my current writing streak. Not too shabby I think. School ends at noon today, so let us pray that these kids start to sleep in starting tomorrow morning. Nothing crazy, but until 7:45 – 8:00 am would be greatly appreciated. My wife’s last day of work is tomorrow, so I know she’ll appreciate it a lot if they could stay in bed asleep, or just stay quiet in the morning. We will have to wait and see. My guess is no. Well, I say that but the oldest might sleep in a little, but my younger one will likely be up with the sun now that schools out. Unfair! She’s the harder one of the two to wake up during the week from September until June! D’oh!