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My husband bought me this sign. I thought it was adorable and had to display it the moment it was gifted to me. :)
It rained all day yesterday so I took a bunch of photos of the flowers in my backyard container garden.
Macro Monday theme - Decay
Looks like it is time to re-plant the flower boxes on the balcony. Between the stifling heat and the drenching rains our Marigolds are taking a beating. But we sure enjoyed them while they lasted.
Happy Macro Monday!
The colours were already hot and vibrant and then on hopped this wonderful moth. A July day full of sunshine and colour .
Mack scared me this week. He hid under the bed instead of meowing to go outside. Mack spends ALL day outside in the summer so I knew something was up. I found a couple small puncture wounds and figured he got into a fight with something or wounded himself on something sharp. I finally took him to the vet yesterday and she promptly found a couple more punctures. She gave him an antibiotic injection and we went ahead and boostered his rabies.
The good news is that he is not developing any abscesses and yesterday and today he's acting almost 100%. His in-house blood work showed all is well.
So this truly is a Happy Caturday!
Happy Caturday: Weather
flowers in one of my hanging baskets
I've been getting up early before the sun gets high up, to water my garden. Especially my container plants. They really get stressed out with this high heat and humidity.
I hope I can keep them going through the rest of the summer!
If this heat keeps up it's going to be a real challenge!
Wonderful colours and light. This little fluttering beauty landed for a moment before it was off again. The colours of the lavender and the soft, hazy bokeh was a perfect background.
You can tell by all the leaves on the patio that summer is over and fall is here.
Jimmy and Mack turned 11 in September and I completely missed the occasion. We'll address that later. For now, there are just three wild kitties in my backyard enjoying Autumn - two looking a little older but just as handsome as ever and one looking remarkably the same as last year!
Happy Caturday: Weather
all season long I've wanted to stop to take a picture of these beautiful flowers lining the steps to this house, but there was an ugly car parked in front blocking my view.
The car was gone when I passed by the other day, so I was finally able to get that shot!
Our pepper plants (jalapeño, fresno, & banana) have done very well this year. We’ve been putting them in a lot of meals but still have enough to pickle a bunch.
My cats all have birthdays coming up within the next month or two: Ella turns 16 at the beginning of August and Jimmy and Mack turn 14 at the beginning of September. I mention this because suddenly this summer, they are all acting like older cats. They prefer napping inside if the weather is too hot or too humid and when they do go outside, they stick close to home. The days of going on adventures and getting in fights are long gone. Yesterday, I carried Mack outside and plopped him in the backyard to get a photo of him being a wild cat. This is as wild as it got. He promptly fell asleep.
Happy Caturday: Wild cats
Explored July 9, 2022
Don't know what to tell you Pearl!
You'll just have to work around them.
Porch Sitting is probably going to be one of my main activities this year as it heats up and the island starts getting more crowded, so I'm going a little more out of the way to make my little summer corner of the universe as inviting as I can.
This is detail from one of my wife's four mini-fairy gardens, each with a theme. Fair weather and her careful planning have produced spectacular results this year. This one is my favorite.
It may have taken its own sweet time getting here, but I think Jimmy and I have reached the same conclusion... spring has finally arrived and is here to stay.
Happy Caturday: cats and weather
Believe it or not, I've been working on this (on and off) for almost three years. I was quite taken with the appearance of this garden when I first saw it and even though the light was far too harsh and not at all right for a garden photograph I had to try. When I got home I knew I had a lot of work to do but at that time I had no idea how much.
I've tried going back to this location about a half dozen times since then to get a new photograph and, hopefully, save myself a few editing hours, however, the plantings had changed and there just wasn't what I saw and felt three years ago. One of the things I felt that day was heat....it was extremely hot that day.
How hot was it?
Well, to quote Eugene Jerome (Biloxi Blues), it was "Africa hot" and like Eugene I wasn't sure I could stay if it was 'gonna be this hot.' However, when I walked toward the garden it was so lovely my hope was that I could interpret such a beautiful assault on the senses: fragrance, colour, the sound of water in the fountain, the wonderful design conceived by a landscape architect.....and even the heat.
Since then I've worked on this, put it away and come back to it and probably added close to 100 layers of filters and textures including a hint of Evelyn Flint's 'Pastel Storm' in the sky.
I hope it gives you a foretaste of summer and flowers and gardens to come. :-)
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