Record Temps And Flowers!

I can't believe this past weekend was Thanksgiving. Some years it's been downright frosty but this year was record hot and humid conditions. It's been a muggy week and today it peaked at 37C with the humid ex!

We are still feeding our plants miracle grow and watering like mad! The pansies shown here are quite robust still and the snapdragons are thriving. Technically, we can't call it Indian Summer because we haven't had frost yet.

Guest Writer For Father's Day - My Dad!

Beauty

Day by day, hour by hour
I watched you grow, little flower.
I watched your precious petals shine
With increased beauty all the time
You stood beside a quiet lake
And all the long day through you’d make
A gentle, mirrored, colour scheme
Of soft light blue, and tender green
You were indeed the sweetest thing
Among the beauties of the spring.
Your loveliness was everywhere
And passing people stopped to stare.
But now a withered clump of brown,
People glance at you, and frown.

Doug Williams
Copyright

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, DAD!

(See last year's Father's Day Post and pics HERE. It featured the story he wrote called, "The Little Red Shoes".)

A Day In The Life of Weather

Hot and hazy beginning! The humidity built up all day long.










And then the rain came pouring down, cooling everything just a little.
















And finally, the thirst-quenched world emerges in all its beauty!

Drink it in!

Bleeding Hearts always remind me of laundry hanging on a line! I just saw white ones for the first time yesterday! I don't think I can call them "Bleeding" Hearts if they're not red though!

Yes, it's June!

You can almost hear the flowers say their thanks.