July 6th – after a great 4th of July
with my son, daughter-in-law and grandson! Good friends stopped by too – and we
ate too much but who cares? It’s a birthday party for our country – celebrate!
I just cooked a burger on the grill – so hot out there – only 20 minutes to
complete the cooking and I feel cooked! I gave the gardens a good drink – after
picking yet another bowl full of green beans –the tomatoes are the size of golf
balls, one cucumber is ready to pick and about 7 more almost! Lettuce is just
about done – maybe one more salad, maybe two – turnips are almost ready! Leeks
beautiful – Brussel sprouts – not sprouting the little cabbages yet but the
mini pumpkin plant has at least 5 mini pumpkins on it – along with those awful
thorns! Real, long thorns! Ouch!
It has to be close to 100 out – it’s over 80 inside so the
A/C goes on – getting rid of the humidity so it’s comfortable indoors – it’s so
gloriously sunny out! Perfect sunny July day except the temps need to drop
about 15 degrees. My flowers are beautiful – lilies, dahlias, cleomes, Echinacea,
rudbeckia, 4 oclocks, rose campion, veronica, and pots full of annuals –
geraniums, petunias, begonias, - even my banana tree which I thought I had lost
is doing great – higher than the split rail fence now – and the knock out roses
I rescued from the dump are rewarding me with yet another bounty of red roses –
they just keep on growing!! They look wonderful on one side of the fence with
the hydrangeas on the other – perfectly picturesque for July!
Lucy needs exercise but it’s too hot for me and too hot for
her with that fur coat so I let her romp outdoors and then hose her down until
she’s nice and wet and cool – then after a good brushing, her hair curls and
dries silky soft – and she groans with pleasure as she lies on the cool wood
floor inside. Can’t wait to get my porch up so I can sit outside with her and
she will have a cool spot to shelter in should a sudden storm come up.
Hope all are enjoying summer – don’t complain! The gardens
are thriving from the heat, humidity and random thunderstorms – never have them
been more beautiful – but then, I say that every year don’t I?
