Midsummer Sewing
It being July 27, I think it is officially midsummer not according to daylight but due to the calendar. The community plot garden continues to struggle. It actually looked its best a week ago when we had the warmest temperatures of the summer, but then it went backwards after a monsoon-like rain a few hours after I had left that very day. Even the plants that are known to be easy to grow are struggling, now mainly due to poor drainage. Being the optimistic Planet Nice, there are already some ideas to improve the situation for 2020 including numerous trenches and sculpting of mini-swales. But enough of the garden plot’s woes, there was a bit of sewing happening last week. I purchased this summer dress a year ago as I liked the fabric and colors: It is a size small and I thought too it may be interesting to upcycle it to make something potentially more interesting like a trendy jumpsuit. After a recent re-examination, I made the decision that it would get the most use as a dress (