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Had a nice thunderstorm tis mornin, shut the pc down and had a cup of coffee and just listen and felt the nice cool breeze come in. Day before yesterday was also another rain storm. I like these because it makes pullin weeds so much easier.
Thats what I was working on when DD and kids showed up yesterday, it was still nice and cool so we made up some peanutbutter and jelly sandwishes and ice tea, layed a big old quilt on the ground had a nice little picnic. The little triangle sandwiches were rather tasty until the little one put his foot in them :P, the critters got the rest of them.
Everyone likes to pick those mulberries , so off to the tree and eat, not sure how many bugs we might have ate, but no matter. If it eats a mulberry it probably tastes like a mulberry.
It was getting warmer so they headed home for a nap and I headed in to think about house cleaning, thinkin was as far as I got. But I did work on my fish tank,its been rather dormant for some time so I got the notion to fix it up again and have some gold fish , plus the sound of the water fall is rather peacful here in the art studio.
I called my sis who was in town already to pick me up some cheap gold fish, and she did, two have already hit the dust, they were sucked up in the water fall thingy :(, bummer. But the bigger ones are strong enough to get away from the current. I don't know fish tank fish well, but these look like puffed up gold fish with fan tails. Sis just handed me the bag and said here and didn't tell me the names. Plus a black one that sucks on the glass and gets pretty big, I just wantn't goldfish, but she felt I needed that one. I call him Little Gill.
Gardens:
Stuffs a growin , and I'm ready for the eatin part, tomatoes esp. You know I like fried green tomatoes but I just can't do them until latter in the season, why, I don't know. Maybe I'll change this rule I have or whatever is going on.
This has been the best year for flowers I tell ya, plus all the new ones I have growing are taking off very nicely.
Heres some tall phlox that I got from a co-op that I have babied during the late winter. Waiting for this day to see them bloom has been will worth it. This one is Blue Paradise. But it looks more purple
The David phlox is almost ready to bloom too, its white with a wonderful fragrance.
Heres another one of these awesome beautiful Caladiums, I am just amazed how big they get. This one is called White Queen
And this one has just open in the last day or so, Gingerland, oh I love that name too and it looks like a gingerland.
Here is some cute little wild flower. I don't know the name but it grows in the fields and a small group is growing in my garden, I will just leave it. Its tall w/a very small flower.
Update on the transformation into butterfly. Nothing yet, its still hangin on by the threads. But unfortunatly there was another chrysalise (that cocoon like shell they do there thing in) that had open up to unleash a beautiful blue and black Swallowtail and a dang spider was on top of it havin dinner : (, so I'm keeping my eyes really open on this other fellow.
Heres another critter that I first noticed in my gardens last year, the Hummingbird Moth. This is a delight to see. This one was having dinner on a milkweek flower. This is a host plant to the Monarchs as well.
I'm not really sure if this is a Clearwing Humming Moth but it sure looks like it. It has a lobster shaped tail. These are such a wonder, with wings beating faster then a honeybee and also does it fair share of pollinating and works in the rain too.
The garden is calling me and so is the dishes in the sink, which one will I choose?
No guilt here, I'm grabin my camera and a peanutbutter and jelly sandwich and outside I shall be. Those dishes can wait, but these cool breezes are much to take in on these many hot summer days.
All take good care , thank you for stopping by.
Blessings
linda
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