Cookie and Star

Addy and Genevieves sweet doggies.    Cookie the Sheepadoodle and Star the Australian shepherd look out for each other.  Cookie can open doors and come and go outside as she pleases.  She can open the round door knobs too.  She hears her buddy outside.

Never too hungry or busy to check on Star and Star wants in.

Summer shots

 Mostly pictorial today.  Summer hot as it's expected to be this time of year.  Hopefully more rain will come.

View above from garage with some huge squash plants and tomatoes, some cucumbers.

Plenty of lavender dried 

 

Corner of patio with a pretty dahlia in such a small pot that I should have put in the ground but didn't.

A drive to Williamsburg Va. a few week ends ago to shop and just look around with a stop at Cracker Barrel.  We ordered the Pot Roast supper.  Delicious!

Served piping hot in this little Dutch oven.

Visiting Ruckersville Va.  A nice little place with very friendly people.  We had lunch at a little diner and snapped this picture of this painted building while there.

Playhouse air conditioner so the girls can be cooler in here.  It gets beastly hot. This is much better.

A little insulation would help along with finishing the walls but not at this time.  I kinda like the look of the wood supports.  Now to put the vinyl on the floor.  I have to take everything out and glue it down.  No problem 

Our entrance flag

Good Day All!

 After a much needed rain yesterday, today is sunshiny and will be warm of course, it's summer.

Nothing better than strawberries and blueberries for me. 

Hard to believe we will be in July soon.   Seems like just yesterday I was just saying that I would welcome the warm Spring days and Summer.  Well Summer is definitely here and moving fast.  I think time goes by faster the older I get.  

Potted Cosmos looks so pretty growing in the pots, but I never really thought they would get this big as I have not grown them before.  Next year less in the pots, but they are doing well with watering through the day. I just keep a watering can close and filled to give a drink as I walk by.  

I have several different colors growing.  

From seeds I have striped marigolds.  I think I like this type of marigold the best.

Squash flowers are beautiful too.

Lavender doing so well and I have picked some for drying and sachets.  I removed little flowers for garnishing some lemon lavender cookies and maybe some muffins later to be made.  I have some dried in little glass containers for use later.  

Potted pink hollyhock at garage. 

The Black flower hollyhock is growing straight up the dog wood tree.  It's a big one.

Herons Pirouette begonia.  Comes back bigger and thicker every year. I keep it pulled as it gets thick in this area with it.  Very easy to control, so no problem

Rosemary cutting I rooted last summer in pot.  I keep  it cut to shape

Before the rain at late evening.

Til next time....~bh

Happy Sunday

 Earlier with coffee while enjoying birdsong and sunshine.   Cukes growing so well in this pot.  It wasn't this large yesterday.

Grand daughter helped find and pull some rocks deeply embedded in the dirt in the far back yard so they could be put around lamp post with some flowers she planted. 

Good Day to All!