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For the past two summers in Sacramento, by the time May rolled around it was hot, IE 90+ degrees most days. I moved here May 24Th 2021 and slept on top of the covers every single night until mid September since it would stay hot late into the night. In 2022 it was regularly into the 90s by April and stayed hot late into October, a long, hot Summer. This year we had a pretty brutal Winter, the most rain I've seen in California in all my life. The rain wasn't actually all that hard, it was the strong winds that came with it that brought down so many trees. However the rain did last for a long time. Normally we would get 2 or 3 days of rain like walls of water when you step outside, and then a couple sprinkles here or there, which almost always wasn't enough water for the year. Now we've gotten more than we possibly can imagine, lakes are filling back up, rivers are higher than ever, everything is so green. The multi-week long light to moderate rain showers was not the California I was used to.
As much as I am a cold weather lover, the sun is a welcome return. It feels nice to sweat and feel the radiating warmth of a light tan from the day. We had a false Summer for about a week at the end of April and beginning of May. That's about when I started my garden. Each week I keep buying more and more plants, pots, and seeds at the store since I get a good discount on them. I'm starting to run out of room where I've been lining them up! Most of them are doing ok, all of them being direct sun plants. A few got scorched on a day I watered too late in the morning but they almost have recovered.
Gardening has made me feel grounded. Each morning I wake up, make my tea or coffee, walk out into my garden while feeling the sun warm my body, water my plants, and then sit with the sun to my face and pray. I thank the universe for all it has given to me, pray for those in my life who need help, and ask for any strength or guidance I need. It's brought an order to my life and I feel like I am receiving more blessings.
One of those blessings is a beautiful, intelligent, and wise woman named Sage. We met on Hinge and kinda hit it off, meeting in person and skipping a lot of that awkward small talk over text. She goes to the university I will be at in Fall. So far we've been on 4 dates, all in the evening since our schedules are almost exact opposites of one another, so the only time that really works is after work. The warm evenings have been another wonderful blessing for this. The conversation just flows so naturally between us, I love just sitting and listening to her go on about something she cares about or her stories of growing up. She's been through a lot and has come out the other side a better person for it. I can see myself being with her for a long time. I don't know if I'd call her my girlfriend just yet, but we're definitely dating. Last time I saw her we watched the stars and held hands, it felt amazing. Before I dropped her off we kissed, after it stopped and I opened my eyes again, I felt so happy. I looked at her and she was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen, not just in appearance but also in soul.
I'm doing well :)