Comfort Corner

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The carpet is thick, soft and cream coloured, while the walls are a yellow bronze colour. In the corner along one wall there is a large sofa, able to seat 4 or 5 people comfortably. Along the other corner wall there is a smaller sofa for 2 or 3 people. In the middle of the furniture, there is a low, round coffee table, perfect for colouring at or for other craft activities.

There is a scratching post and a cat tree for climbing, which are both along the wall opposite the couch. A few fluffy beds have also been put out, in varying sizes, in case any one prefers the floor. There is also a large sturdy perch and a marked off area that says "Landing Pad" in case any winged friends want to visit.

There is now a blue chaise chair in the nook as well, which has been placed near the couch and is good for both sitting and spreading out lengthwise. There are also two armchairs; one an oversized, deep gray leather chair, the other a square fabric armchair in deep blue with light purple swirls on it (Think this style except not grey).

There are two baskets off to the side. One contains fuzzy blankets, a variety of fuzzy and textured pillows, and a collection of stuffed animals while the other contains a variety of art supplies, ranging from colouring pages and blank paper to crayons and coloured pencils, and more besides.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

I just want to flop somewhere. It's so hot here, and I've been running in and out doing yardwork that would've been fun if things had arrived on time 2 months ago but is sweaty and tedious now.

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I can sympathize with that feeling. It's been unseasonably hot here the last couple days as well. That's frustrating that things didn't arrive on time.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I can sympathize with that feeling. It's been unseasonably hot here the last couple days as well. <<

My partner just pointed out that it could be worse. It's 115°F in parts of India. And I was right about remembering their record being 123°F.

>> That's frustrating that things didn't arrive on time. <<

Yeah. Used to be, the dormant planting season was about mid-March to mid-April. Now things leaf out way earlier, but plants are shipped later. I've had things arrive in June that should've come in March. But nurseries have largely quit offering the option to specify your own planting date. Sadly, most of what I order isn't available locally, so it's either deal with the unpredictable delivery or do without altogether.

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>>My partner just pointed out that it could be worse. It's 115°F in parts of India. And I was right about remembering their record being 123°F.<<

O.O Wow, that is very hot.

Oof, that sounds hard to deal with. The pick your own shipping date sounds like it would have been very useful, especially with the changing planting window.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

O.O Wow, that is very hot.

The record is now 127F.

Note that the 6-hour wet-bulb survival limit for young, healthy adults is in the 90s and considerably lower for seniors, children, or people in poor health. That's an air temperature around 110F. India's humidity means it's one of the places that will experience a lot of climate foreclosure due to becoming too hot and humid for humans to survive full-time without reliable air conditioning.

>>The pick your own shipping date sounds like it would have been very useful, especially with the changing planting window.<<

It was also helpful for making sure that several orders didn't arrive at the same time, which is now common. Current conditions make gardening much more difficult, expensive, and frustrating than it used to be -- at a time when human survival relies a lot on adapting crops to harsh conditions based on local needs.

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>> That's an air temperature around 110F. India's humidity means it's one of the places that will experience a lot of climate foreclosure due to becoming too hot and humid for humans to survive full-time without reliable air conditioning.<<

Yikes.

>>It was also helpful for making sure that several orders didn't arrive at the same time, which is now common.<<

That makes sense. It's easier to handle things in small batches rather than having to deal with a whole bunch at once.

>> Current conditions make gardening much more difficult, expensive, and frustrating than it used to be -- at a time when human survival relies a lot on adapting crops to harsh conditions based on local needs.<<

That sounds the opposite of helpful.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

>>That makes sense. It's easier to handle things in small batches rather than having to deal with a whole bunch at once.<<

Yeah. This year's been a clusterfuck because things that should have been shipped dormant in March were shipped green in April or May. Because I couldn't get those done at the right time, that overlapped the planting of bedding plants and seeds. I had the seeds earlier but most of them need warm soil so that didn't really help. I still haven't finished the seeds, and because of that, I'm missing the berry-picking season. >_<

>>That sounds the opposite of helpful.<<

The agricultural megacorps are actively destroying the safety of the world's food supply, on purpose. It's not even just GMOs and trying to kill off the small companies that preserve open-pollinated cultivars. They are purposely distributed genetically dysfunctional seeds that contaminate other crops. And what will people do in a decade or so when climate change exceeds what those megacorps can keep up with? Starve. It's a crime against humanity and nobody cares.

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>> Because I couldn't get those done at the right time, that overlapped the planting of bedding plants and seeds. I had the seeds earlier but most of them need warm soil so that didn't really help. I still haven't finished the seeds, and because of that, I'm missing the berry-picking season.<<

That really sucks.

>>The agricultural megacorps are actively destroying the safety of the world's food supply, on purpose.<<

O.o That is extremely alarming, and evil.