A few weeks ago I brought home two large bags of roasted unsalted peanuts in the shell, a regular dog treat, and this morning decided to top off the dogs' canister with some. Out flew a fully-formed weevil. Ugg. Top quickly put on the canister (Tupperware, so it will seal) and the bags and the canister all into the freezer. And a sticky trap that was near the kitchen compost bin for gnats is now sitting on the table just in case that one weevil wants to give itself up quietly. I hate those things. Out of an abundance of caution I'll open one of the pantry moth traps I have stored away; I hope they keep, I've had these for a while. If not, they're cheap enough at Lowe's.
COVID is rising again, I have plenty of tests here for the time being. They are still available free from various places (libraries, some pharmacies, insurance providers will mail them, etc.) My hall pantry shelves store a mix of large kitchen utensils, canning jars, canned and bottled food, baking goods (flour, sugars, powdered milk, etc.) and as of 2020, a section with COVID supplies—Gloves, masks, and tests.
The mail carrier is driving past; I keep the cooler on the porch with bottles of water and this morning brought it in to give it a good scrub just because. The rest of August looks like a scorcher and I'm ready to open the next case of bottled water (from Costco - inexpensive, and two of their bottles can be squeezed into the cooler with ice.)
I've pulled out some old soaker hoses that will be arranged under some of the front yard trees that are ailing in this heat. I'll coil them over the roots out to the drip line and see if I can save the one that looks most likely on its last legs. My water bill this summer is quite high for me, even though I'm not watering turf, just around the foundation, the vegetable garden (what's left of it) and the trees. The neighbors with green lawns and sprinkler systems have bills probably double mine. The backyard looks better than years past because I've let a little native groundcover take over about the back 1/3 of the area. They're small and tough and it isn't as dusty as it has been with just dead turf grass.