I did finally finish filling the mold
I had been working on and it's currently in the kiln. And I finally
got a night blooming cereus cutting wrapped up and sent off to a
friend. And I finally cut back three pecan trees that had sprouted
snug up under three established plants so there was no way to dig
them out and treated the stubs with brush killer (no spraying, just a
few drops from a pipet). And I finally made tomato sauce as well as
skinned and cut up those that were left and froze all that from the
tomatoes that have been piling up in the refrigerator and on the
windowsill which is now already full of more ripening tomatoes. And I
finally went to the feed store and got some insecticidal soap for the
stink bugs. And I am finally resigned to going through with all the
scheduled procedures and now I just want it to be over with and
working.
The summer yard is hot and wet
(another 1 1/2” of rain Sunday night accompanied by a freaky little
dog wanting lay on my head and pant in my face) and full of
mosquitoes (which had just started to diminish after the 11” we got
week before last) and the weeds from the seeds deposited when the
yard flooded from that 11” of rain have all sprouted and some of
the plants I bought during the last trip to the nursery for summer
blooms have either died or aren't blooming and I desperately need to
trim the little backyard but damn it's hot and humid and the
mosquitoes are fierce!
Nevertheless there are some bright
spots. One of the yellow angel trumpets bloomed (but still not the
pink which has never bloomed) and the plumerias are starting to
bloom, the native Texas star hibiscus,
and the datura which I never remember
to go out and look at at night when they open
the pink crinum lilies are done but
the reds are just starting up
the day lilies are nearly done, nile
lilies are still blooming, zinnias too even though many of them are
laying on the ground from the heavy wind and rain, the orange cosmos
are starting up, and the rangoon creeper is in full bloom.
A huge limb from the native pecan at
the back of the property that straddles the property line (mostly on
her side) has fallen but not broken off completely because, I think,
it fell on top of my neighbor's container.
I imagine we will get it
taken care of since no one seems to maintain that property anymore
after she called the sheriff on us for 'stealing her stuff' last
February or maybe I'll just trim off the branches hanging on our side or let the whole thing hang there til she shows up again
and let her deal with it. I've got bigger fish to fry right now and other expenses to take care of.
Next: the summer yard part 2 – the
critter version
Just had a walk in which I reunited a dog with its human and now I guess I'll go do some yard work. I sure do wish I had as many beautiful flowers as you do.
ReplyDeleteI hope you've come to peace with your decision to go ahead with the procedure. GET 'ER DONE! Proud of you, woman.
just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYard work is never done. The storm we had Monday knocked over mt potted lemon trees. These are big pots too. So I had to throw some soil back into the pots that lost theirs. You have such beautiful flowers. The Texas heat is a killer. I prefer to go out in the evening when it's setting. Some how it gets a lot cooler around 9 pm. Oh the second weather guy was right. That storm up in Austin went zzzZZZTT. Yeah, it fizzled right up before it even got here. Not even a bit of spit.
ReplyDeleteAll wonderful, lush and soo colourful.
ReplyDeleteI read that you have weighed it carefully and made your decision. Reasoning things through is a great ability of people, and especially of people who do it. Good job. Your yard looks as if it's had an equal amount of attention. I have a friend who has those little night blooming thingies, except hers bloom at dusk. She has chairs set around and she and her neighbors gather to watch them open.
ReplyDeleteYou have an abundance of flowers. My early lilies are done, mid-lilies waning and late lilies just starting.
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