Back From The Beach

The first two days were rainy and over cast but the sun came out! Little sand pipers. 

While walking it was foggy at the other end. 

We played Scrabble and had lovely cocktails. 

A new addition at the beach sunscreen! What a great idea.

On the way home I stopped at the thrift store. I donated a big bag of things and came out with these. The cruit is for my dish detergent and we have never seen the pirates of the Caribbean, total spent 2.50.

And last but not least my geraniums I wintered over! I started these as bare sticks in April. Voila here we are. 

Have a great week!

A surprise

Friday we took a ride around the lake to Wolfeboro NH. For lunch. Wolfeboro is the oldest summer resort community in the country. One of the stops was the yum yum shop bakery. They are know world wide for their gingerbread men. At Christmas they sell gingy boxes with cookies and frosting you put on. You have to order months in advance.

We ate dock side and saw the Mt Washington boat dock. In the pilot house was a young man whose dad was captain of that boat at one time. Sadly, he died when this young man was a little boy. His mom is so proud of him, and I know his dad would be too.

My thyme is blooming. The bees love it 

This is French tarragon. I have a large crop this year. Because we were chilly I made chicken gnocchi soup. It came out so good. 

I will use a lot of tarragon, great on chicken or veggies. 

 

A beautiful carton of farm fresh eggs. 

My sweet grand went to a theater camp to learn costuming. We went to the play to see what she worked on SURPRISE! She had a little solo part she didn't tell us about.

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It was a breezy beautiful day today so husband and I spent it doing yard work. I spent most of the day weeding and cutting plants back. The heat we had made thing go by so fast. I bet I sleep well tonight.

Have a great week.

Deadly lettuce?

Between the heat and a sore knee, I haven't walked much. I got out this morning for a short walk and found some meager blueberries.

Out of caution, I am not eating salads right now. I made up a batch of homemade Boursin cheese and bought a bag of Bugles to stay safe, lol.

We had pasta last night with chicken and this cheese. It was so good and very quick as I used chopped rotisserie chicken.

We have been getting smoke from Canada. The sun and everything has a yellow haze. The air quality is awful. I feel bad for anyone living near those fires if our air is this bad.

I hate the heat but will be very sad when summer is over. Our mornings on the porch and seeing my daughter and family more make for a perfect summer.

Have a great week!

Lavender

My lavender this year is so happy! There was a lavender festival in the town where the family gathering was held. The police shut it down because there were so many people it was a hazard. People just love lavender, including my sweet Grand.

I made a trip to the dump and found 2 books I might like to read in the swap shop. On the way back I stopped at a farm stand and got a couple of summer squash, tis the season yum.

I was asked several times how to keep hollyhocks looking this good. Well partly luck, but I also spray them with rose spray, and they are under a slight overhang so no pounding rain on them. 

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Back to the heat ugg. This weekend could not have been more perfect.

Have a great week.

Garden fairy

Free concert on the common. The police dept was offering free hot dogs and burgers. 

My gardens are doing well. But I am afraid by August they will have all gone by.

Hollyhock garden fairy. I had never made one before.

And husband is having an issue with his foot. Not sure he got any answers with his dr appointment. Another one next week 

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We got to meet our daughter and grand for dinner last night a very big treat for us. 

We are off to a family cookout tomorrow thankfully it will be cooler. 

Have a wonderful weekend.

Fireflies

Summer living at its best. The heat has finally broken and it is just glorious! We are porch-sitting waiting for fireflies to come out and dance.

My gardens are bursting forth! With the heat everything is so lush. I did keep everything well watered. 

Hollyhocks....

And my shade garden with my witches' boot purchased at a church sale last winter.

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Not much got done during the heat. We did watch the movie Tombstone. Kurt Russell was Wyatt Earp. Val kilmer as Doc Holliday was exceptional. I'm not much for westerns, but since it was loosely biographical, I did enjoy it.

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Have a wonderful week.

Steamy Heat

Sunset last night. 

A steamy start this morning. We got rain overnight, so my rain barrel is nice and full again for deep watering tomorrow.

Deer GRRR!

We have a house guest until after the 4th. She likes the chair as she is right under the ceiling fan. I don't blame her; it is so hot, and hotter still tomorrow. I don't do well in the heat, I never have. So I am hiding out in our bedroom until it is over (the only air-conditioned room).

Stay cool, everyone.