Wet Sand and a One Inch Hole

These green projects can be slow-going, but in the long run, I'm sure, it won't seem so bad. It's trial and error, especially because I'm not just going out and doing the first thing I see everybody else doing. For instance, buying an umbrella base to hold the clothes line pole is not a good idea. After diligently filling the base, through an inch wide hole with wet sand, not only did I have a sore back, but it turns out, I could blow it over. I didn't want to put a post in the ground, but it seems that might be my only option. Bryson says it will be easier than I think. I'm not worried about ease. I'm worried about quickness. The laundry is piling up!

I am sitting in my living room with the windows open, at 10pm, and the temperature is 80-ish.

(if it's over, it couldn't be much over) Actually I'm fairly certain it's below 80. I'm as cool as a cucumber. When the weather gets very hot and humid, we still do well with our system, but on days like today, when the high is only in the 90's and the breeze is cool all day long, we positively rock it! Our AC was on (not running the whole time) for six hours today. We shut down the windows and turned it on around 2:30. Then we turned it off around 8:30 and opened our windows about an hour later. Ahhh! What a gorgeous night.