Greetings from an uber-soggy Pittsburgh. This song has been on replay in my brain and, like CCR, I am wondering who’ll stop the rain. Hilariously, when I searched for the YouTube link to the song – I was reminded that CCR not only has torrential downpours covered, but droughts as well! No matter what end of the rainfall spectrum you are on, there is a CCR song for that! And what Monday is not made better by a little CCR?
Today, I am all about making my weekend look larger than it really was which feels very appropriate given we did absolutely nothing the entire holiday weekend except eat and drink (and try to stay cool and dry!) The eating was so good though! Along with the regular “happy hour eats” Steve grilled some amazing ribs and I made these stuffed squash blossoms! We had sushi one night, and there was even a ratatouille sans eggplant! And so.many.happy.hours!!
We did not go to see any fireworks for the holiday and the rains kept the neighborhood fairly quiet as well.
I did manage to walk every day but Sunday because walking in a thunderstorm is a no-go for me. But can I just say that there should be bonus points given for walking in 4000% humidity? There should be – and those bonus points should be visible, so everyone knows what you did!
All this rain means the weeds look like they are on steroids so it is good that it also makes their removal much easier! Weeding in 4000% humidity and 90 degree temps is not for the faint of heart, but weed I did while Steve cut the grass for what seemed like the umpteenth time this week because the grass is growing like it’s on steroids too!
I spent some time knitting – not much time, but there was some knitting and early Sunday morning I managed to get outside with the camera for few seconds between rainstorms. Honestly, I am stunned I managed to get these images! I was so rushed and it was so cloudy and grey – and that combination does not for great macro photographs! However, this photo is proof that even a mediocre photographer can take a good picture sometimes!
For me, this is the winner… I love everything about this image.
And, there you have my delicious, lazy, long, but incredibly rainy weekend! How about you? Was your weekend all you’d hoped for?
See you all back here for Unraveled Wednesday!
Lovely Kat! That last photo is superb!! Sounds like your weekend was perfect (except for the humidity…I feel ya – we were at a farm in the fields picking stuff on Friday morning…oy vey!).
Did you make the squash blossoms from your own plants?
The humidity this weekend was something else. I went for a run on Saturday morning, before it got really really hot, and it was pretty brutal. I was very thankful for air conditioning this weekend!
I’ve never had fried squash blossoms, but they always look so good. How would you describe the taste?
We had high temps and high humidity on Friday and Saturday, Thursday was hot but manageable and yesterday was downright delightful. I’m still wondering what happened to my 4 day weekend, though!
Wow, Kat – I think both images are beautiful, but the colors in the bottom one win me over. One good thing about air conditioning is that it does dry out the air. (and that might be the ONLY good thing about air conditioning) Happy Monday!
Beautiful, Kat! I read once that gray/rainy days are great for photography because the colors really pop… and then I started to notice and it’s true!!
Lovely shot, Kat! 🙂
We had a steamy hot weekend here, too. And I think I should get lots of points, too . . . because we moved Brian and Lauren into their UNAIRCONDITIONED house in Grand Rapids on Friday. (That’s motherly love, I’ll tell you!) XO
Sorry you had so much rain…and yeah! the humidity was frightful. Appears that you fared well, despite. The macro photos are lovely – the bottom one looks like a watercolor.
Cheers~
Those are both lovely and interesting shots, Kat! The humidity was awful, but I’m thinking that those stuffed squash blossoms might have made me forget about it for a while (along with the ribs)!
Beautiful photos. The heat and humidity have arrived although it wasn’t as beastly here as it could be. The tomatoes like the weather though. Weeds on steroids – exactly!
It was pretty steamy around here too. We did kayak on Saturday and escape to the movies on Saturday afternoon but other than that it was pretty mellow. I think your photos are excellent!