You Know It Is Summer, When.........

The Sunsets are awesome...and they include a Moon...
 

The teeny tiny path becomes even tinier....
 

The Kitchen Porch gets a fresh garden arrangement every week...
 

And the Sun casts shadows on the porch....

The Portulaca is in glorious bloom....

The Rose Campion...with its beautiful Silver foliage...rises up to greet you...

The Native Milkweed is growing on the beach...ready for the Monarchs and Hummers...

And the best thing of all....

Miss V's Pumpkin plant...

Has it's first flower!!!!

YAY for SUMMER!!!!!

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Hope you all had a great weekend...

We are at the end of another humid hot patch...

Today feels like 40c...very very hot...

And of course...windy!!

Supposed to cool down this evening...

With Severe Thunderstorms...

Enjoy the rest of your Monday...

This first day of SUMMER...

And I hope you all have a terrific week...

Cheers!  :o)

linda ♥️

Weekend Flower Arrangements.....And a New Kid On The Block!!

I was so excited last weekend...

My friend Devon and her lovely husband Mark...

Came out for a sleepover at the cottage....

When my boyfriend and I arrived Friday at noon....

There had been a lovely rain that morning...

Everything looked really nice and lush...

Especially for August...

Usually everything is pretty well shrivelled by this time of year...

After unpacking...

And discovering the carnage on the beach...I'm still pissed off about the watermelon...I know...i know...get over it!!!
Believe me...I am trying!

I got to work setting up the sunporch,as we would be dining out there....


I also got to work on my flower arrangements...

Luckily for me...

The Hydrangeas were still looking pretty good...

SO...

I snipped a few of those...

Some ribbon grass...

And a few Miscanthus seed heads...

DONE! 

For this smaller one...

I added a few "wild" Rudbeckia...

Added a nice touch! 

I placed this one inside! 

This smaller one....for on the kitchen porch...I added some Sedum...Hydrangea and some Coleus stems that had been broken in the wind...

And my tiny Cantaloupe...perhaps it will ripen??!!

 

My guests brought me this gorgeous "Disco Bell" Hibiscus...

How beautiful is this???

I gave it a good watering...and think I have found the perfect protected spot to plant her!!

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I have some great pics of our day and evening by the firepit...

BUT...

I can't get my Picasa Editing to work...and I wanted to do a bit of lightening on a few of them...I will wait one more day, and see if it starts working again...I find Pic Monkey a lot of work...and harder to get the pics back to my blog...
Any tips on that, out there??!!   Anything would be appreciated!

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Hope you all had a great day...

Had sweet cheeks today...amd my daughter Lissa visited...
We all had a great time...but...I didn't take any photos...:o(


On the menu tonight...

        Burgers and Fries.....YAY!!!

             Greek salad...



                    Enjoy your evening...

                           Cheers!   :o)
                             linda