It's HOT!!

 

(Photo borrowed from internet)

Whether you are on the shore/beach of the lake, in the shade of your front porch, sipping ice tea,

or in your backyard swimming pool, there's no other way to say it..........

it's HOT !!

It seems everyone, everywhere, across our nation and in other parts of the world are 

experiencing sweltering heat.

Any kind work in the flower gardens that needs to be done, I do it in the very 

early morning before the heat finds me. 

The sweet blogging friend, Granny Marigold, asked me how the nasturtiums

I sprouted inside were doing?.......to answer you, dear friend, they were green and pretty,

but as soon as the heat hit, they surrendered and did not make it.

The zinnia and cosmos are doing well and seem to enjoy these hot summer days. The zinnia are just about to bloom.

I have finally been successful sprouting avocado pits. I currently have 4. 

I have tried and tried over the years to grow these with no luck.

This time, I chose the wet paper towel method over the common toothpick method.

It certainly works for me. If you are interested in trying this, I have a good video from YouTube 

at this link

Germinate Avocado Seed in Paper Towel

this shows how to sprout and how to plant

The wildflowers are also vibrant and growing well.

The mesquite trees are putting on their beans

and they, at this time are very pretty with the red and yellow clusters 

hanging on their branches.  Soon the whole ground will be covered with 

drying mesquite beans.  Much of the wildlife do enjoy eating these.

They are mostly enjoyed by rats and mice.

I have been keeping maple syrup bottles after we finish up the syrup

and filled them with colored water to depict the changing seasons .

They make a colorful window in the entry way.

The wild birds have been such a good entertainment lately. Wild Quail have been 

bringing their offspring to feed 

and to get water.

Many of the birds all get along and eat side by side, but 

there are a few occasions when a fight breaks out amongst them.

It adds a bit of comical whimsy to bird watching

The talented person who created this funny short on YouTube has

captured the sentiment well .  You can view it at this link

If Birds Had Arms

I hope this finds all of you enjoying these summer days.

  

Woods are filled with the music of birds, and all nature is laughing under the glorious influence of Summer

Charles Lanman, "The Dying Year," 1840