The good news is that we have been getting lots of rain here in Wisconsin, so we water our new trees each day, but sometimes God does the job for us. When we planted the trees, the Nursery gave us some foul-smelling mushroom compost to add to the holes around the tree roots. The trees seem to be very happy 'shrooming, because they are growing very well. The back tree is sending out new branches all over, and the front tree is full of blooms.
The bad news is that we learned yesterday that our air conditioning in Florida has not been working since June 16. Our nephew Jon checked the house yesterday, and the temperature inside was 87 with a 76% humidity. We always set the thermostat at 80 while we are gone with a 50% humidity. High temperatures and high humidity are the perfect combination for mold to grow, so this is a problem we need to address.
Thankfully, we have wonderful relatives and neighbors. Our neighbor across the street got the key from Jon, and she will let the repairman in today so he can repair the system. We both are bummed about this because we replaced the entire system only two years ago. This should not be happening to an almost new HVAC system! We will learn later today how extensive -- and how expensive -- the repair will be to get the system running again.
Sigh. I guess we have to take the good with the bad in home ownership.
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