July?....Already?....

I guess Summer is really, truly here.

Heat indexes this weekend, will be triple digits...

if not the actual temperature.

We spend a lot of time here...

on the porch.

That requires mosquito spray...

LOTS of mosquito spray.

Apparently this guy hasn't been doing his job.

Even in the heat, jobs have to be done.

I got the grass out of the Veggie Garden...AGAIN.

And, put down some gravel, in the path.

The Tatume Squash keeps blooming,

but no squash, yet. It better get moving,

or, it's outa there.

The tomatoes are getting ripe.

Probably the last for a while....too hot to set.

Okra is blooming.

(didn't notice ants, until I edited this photo.  

Need to see why they're there.)

No ants on the Burgundy.

We've gotten some pods, but not enough...yet.

The Cosmos come back in the Veggie Garden, year after year.

I love the little water drops, on the Purple Heart leaves.

No rain or watering...just pull it from the air.

Appropriately for the 4th, the Firecracker fern is putting on a show.

The Hummingbirds love them.

I'll leave you with one of my favorite photos.

Taken in 2010 (SIX years ago...wow!),

on our big trip to North Dakota.

Still a way to wish a very

Happy 4th of July!!

~~Linda~~

Harvest....

The veggie harvest hasn't been so good here this year.

Everybody around, has been showing their great harvests.

Not here.

Hmmm.....I did something wrong.

We had one nice Celebrity tomato.

It was very good.  It even got to ripen on the vine.

The squirrels must have thought it was too much trouble to go after just one.

But, look!

There are more!

It July.  In Texas.

Maybe our unusually cool weather (no triple digits yet),

have made the difference.

So now, I'm headed out to deal with this.

The squash hasn't done well.

The okra hasn't done well.

But, the cosmos is doing VERY well.

I'll have cosmos for the rest of my life.

How's your garden doing?

I'm headed out to clean up that mess, and plant more seeds.

I'm just hard headed enough not to give up.

Happy Gardening...

~~Linda~~

Sunny Days....

We always have a lot of sunny days in August, here in Central Texas.

Sunny days bring on some hot weather blooms.

The self-sown zinnias in the veggie garden are blooming nicely.

I like zinnias.

They're happy flowers.

They make nice little bouquets, to brighten the indoors.

The gold cosmos has reseeded itself.  There will be some sunny blooms soon.

And, the Coral Vine is finally blooming.  Love these pretty blooms.

As you can see, it's not exactly a FULL vine.  I think it needs more sun.

So, another move this fall.

We're forecast to have some rain this weekend.  I hope they're right.  We need it.

And, the 'cold front' is supposed to bring cooler temps.....high 90s..haha.

We probably won't need jackets.

But, I guess that's better than 102.

Have a Great Weekend...

~~Linda~~