Posse! It’s STANKIN’ HOT!!! out here – high of 90F!!
… at FIVE pm.
::daHECK!you say!!!::
Anyhow – looks as if I’m going to have to take my laptop in – it’s not talking to my mouse… not itself!( Shruuug) – oh,well. I think we’re still in Retrograde so I guess I should be grateful it hasn’t risen up and tried to choke me! Day’s still young, though…
So! Musings! I haz ’em!
The title refers to the extreme heat and sun, which means Hawaiian Tropical still rules! My Summer go-to,Hermes Pamplemousse Rose, is a gorgeous accompaniment but it gets eaten rather quickly in 90s temps. Plus it’s a tad too chilly and refined for this rambunctious weather and vicious sunshine after the pouring rains. I’m a Jean-Claude Ellen’s fangirl from was way back, loving the restrained beauty of (especially) his Hermes oeuvre – it reminds me of Grace Kelly ( her public persona) – the alt, chilly beauty that Everyman aspires to. Verra elegant.
But sometimes? Sometimes you just wanna Jane Russell it, ya know? Maybe on a (cotton – WAAAAY! too hot for synthetic or…(gasp!) Wool!!!) blanket under a shade tree.. I found the Jane Russell version of Pamp Rose in Maison Margiela Never Ending Summer ( which I insist on calling ‘Endless Summer ‘ – sorry MM, I’ll try to do better) . It’s startlingly similar Pamp Rose , but where HSH Grace wears a bespoke suit and kid gloves Jane is in cutoffs and cowboy boots! I’m thinking cowboy cutoffs FTW! It’s Too Darn Hot to be in a suit and gloves. Never Ending Summer has that hint of ‘Big Ol’Nasty Redhead’ vibe that HTropic absolutely LOVES!
I have a small sample from StC… But I think I see a FB in my Very Near Future!
The First Peach. 10 days back the First Peach ripened. Oh,SO good! I invited friends to come pick.. First Peaches are special.. and they trigger childlike wonder …But also childish reactions. ‘Oh! You… brought a BOX!?’
10 DAYS LATER,after a week of extreme heat and torrential rains. ‘Oh! You only brought ONE box!? Lemme get you another!!’. I’ve processed So Damb Many Peaches! Chicken/bacon meatballs with Habanero- peach gravy ( in the freezer for colder weather)! Grilled! Pureed! Cobbler! M ore cobbler! MOAR cobbler!!!
Hurled into the stratosphere!!
( which Autotrash changed to…CHEETOS!!!?!). And I have yet ANOTHER tree about 10 days out!
I did process 5 gallon bags of cobbler base while wearing vintage Mitsouko perfume. It wasn’t a fail.. But I felt a bit like a fraud, wearing my Mistress’s perfume while covered in peach skin and juice all over the place. Luckily Mitsy Don’t Care so I can happily wear her again. Forever.
But … did I mention that I’m sick of peaches?
What are YOU up to? How’s your weather ( it’s all we talk about here) –
Do you want some peaches??
Oh Ms A, your peaches sound wonderful!
I’ve been on a very low carb diet for three years now and have reached my weight loss and health goals so I am adding some longed for items to my summer menu. Still haven’t had any sweet corn and I’m waiting for Red Haven peaches. A cold mug of root beer is also in my future.
And yeah, hot! and sooooo humid! Corn sweat is real, dumping all that water into the atmosphere. I would be totally ready for fall but February comes eventually, so I am trying to embrace the heat.
Ha! You can send me your peaches — I’ll figure out something to do with them. Here, it’s just on the edge of blackberry time and the bushes are looking very heavy this year. My go-to for blackberries is crumble. With whatever other fruit is in the house.
Oh, and by the way, today (29 July) is National Lipstick Day! If you partake what are you wearing? I am in Lisa Eldridge’s slightly weird weird (ie, texture) Velveteen Liquid Lip Colour in Rain, which is a pink-red. The formula needs you (or at least me) to prep lips. A bit of a faff. But, I really like this colour.
‘tis a Truth, universally acknowledged, that I don’t get out of bed without lipstick!
I’m definitely YLBB – some version of myself ( tan with pink)
I rarely wear COLOR! because it makes me look like Krusty the Clown
I love the smell of fresh peaches! I bought a few today that were hard as rocks. My hubby loves peaches. I can only eat canned/processed because I have oral allergy syndrome, a bizarre crossover allergic reaction that happens to people who are allergic to birch trees. Can’t eat any fresh fruit with a pit or fresh apples. Pamplemousse Rose and Never Ending Summer both sound really pretty. I’m a fan of the Hermes JCE scents, too. We’re in another wave of high heat and humidity this week. It’s like
the pits of hell!
That pit allergy sounds like the pits of hell, too – and what a fascinating connection ( birch trees!!!)
The weather here? It’s 10pm and 90F (32C) and says it feels like 102F (39C). Humidity is 69% and dew point is 79 degrees. 79 dew point means you can chew the air or you can wear the air. It all equals miserable!
I love fresh peaches – once I peel the fur off. And I noticed fresh cherries got a mention too! I love everything and anything made from either of them.
Mitsy forever!
YIKES!!!
That’s some WEATHER!!
Yeah… Mitsy said ‘hold my beer. We ain’tskeered’a no peaches!
It’s been sooo hot here. And yes, I want peaches! The ones I’ve been getting from our grocery have been—mealy. You know, dry and grainy. I want peaches that have juice that runs all over your face. Bring em on!
Honey!! C’mon ovah! I’ve had to scrub my porch floor because of all the juice!!!
Would you swap your peaches for my apples? They’re the size of grapefruit & ripe already, not supposed to redden up til end of August. Even that’s early? I still have sauce & apple pie filling in the freezer from last year.
I’ve only just recovered from the soft fruit & cherry glut. Last week I preserved jalapeños.
No! I’ve got apples coming up!!
Jealous of your cherries, though
Didja make Cowboy Candy with the jalaps!?
Oh, please… please send me peaches! I ain’t seen a dang local one in Richmond yet. (Gaze was stationed at three different Army bases over the past four years, and if he got leave in the summer, he’d bring us some. Sadly — or not so sadly, depending on your POV — he’s now stationed on O’ahu. So. No peaches, but I foresee another trip to the islands before he ends his stint there.)
I go through this OMG PLEASE COME TAKE SOME OF THIS FRUIT, FOR I HAVE ALREADY EATEN/CANNED/COOKED/PRESERVED/FROZEN ALLLL I CAN MANAGE thing every other year with the two pear trees in our backyard at the farm. I mean, they’re delicious and I’m grateful for them later, but it is three weeks of absolute madness.
Gaze is… grown!??
When did THAT happen!!?!
And I feel your paaaiin! on the canning/ eating/ freezing/ etc…
Sigh
Mildly amusingly Musette, I only like tinned peaches. The real deal are something, something, something but I’m not quite sure. It’s the everything about them.
Apricots are my fuzzy fruit.
Mitsouko though. MMMMMMMMMM
Hug
Portia xx
OMG! I remember that!!!!
Xox
I’m with you on the apricots, Portia. They are hard to find here these days, not sure why.