Continuing cleaning saga

It's 11.48 and the best time of a hot (mygoodnessisn'titjust) summer's day. The wind is blowing cool air through the windows instead of what feels like the blast from a furnace. The moon ought to be up any minute (I'm waiting for it to get just a little bit smaller so I can try out latest tips from useful camera book and maybe get myself a crescent moon).

My feet have been getting bigger and bigger all day (I put it down the steady melting down of my person so that all my insides were gradually sliding down into my feet...only flaw with that theory is why hasn't the top got smaller?).* Anyway, now it's cool, they've stopped growing. Phew! I can put my sandals on before I go to bed.

The dog is still flopping around like a limp, hairy rag but he isn't panting quite so much and he even went looking for his tuggy toy just now (I assume he's left it outside again...honestly, do I even have to tidy up after the dog?!!)

I cleaned another corner of the kitchen...this brought me to the edge, nay the full expanse of the top of the extractor hood. I scooped up a clothful of little greasy corpses of moths and flies and at least a handful of soggy cat hair (Tosca spends a lot of time on top of the cupboard and used to use the cooker hood as the long easy way down). I was brave and determined and attacked it with every cleaning product I possess (especially the ones that say don't mix this product with other cleaning products). I wobbled about on a chair and my ballooning feet and sweat splashed onto my glasses (which was a good thing as I realised I couldn't see what I was doing because I was wearing them). Later, victorious and slightly sticky, I threw away three scrubby things and two empty cleaning product bottles. (the contents of the two having glued themselves greasily to the three)

Half the kitchen is now clean and whitish/cream and shiny! No going back then :)

This is a nice little shed up the road a way (much too hot for this weather though)

And I sort of promised these the other day. Evil but pretty birds. And cool!

Tomorrow I plan to see a bit of morning, the early part of it. Barney's going to work at 6 and coming home early in an attempt to avoid being fried on the top of the roof so I'm hoping to get some of that early coolth as well.
Hope you're all sleeping thankfully during these cool night hours.

*Of course, the top half is being filled up with all the gallons of water I'm pouring in to make up for all the sweatyness.