Dog Days of Summer

It's been in the 90's the past few days and all the dogs want to do is lie around the house in the a/c. I mean who can blame them....would you want to hang out outside in a fur coat? Me neither!

However, the bees are loving the weather and they are totally in love with this thistle plant that we have in our backyard.

I know a lot of people are freaked out by bees, but they are such a part of our life that I can walk through the flowers in the garden and never get stung by them...they are always so busy collecting pollen, that I really don't think they notice us.

Speaking of the garden....OMG! It is totally working overtime!!! I thought I had best get out and get some pictures before the heat dries everything up and it looses some of it's beauty....here it is in full swing!

This is at the back of our yard.....Kenny has planted another 'blue atlas cedar'....one of my favorite trees!

The coneflowers are especially beautiful right now!We have crane sculptures on the tops of the tree stumps that we had taken out in the ice storm....this one is growing some sort of weird fungus/mushroom on it.....looks like little shelves for garden gnomes and fairies to sit on at night.

I love this grass....it's as soft as it looks...you can't help but brush your hand against it when you walk by.The daylilies are gorgeous right now....I love this hot orange color.Kenny's banana tree jungle is really taking off.....who would know that we live smack in the middle of the USA....this looks like the tropics.This all takes lots of watering.

THE ENDGo forth and be creative,

Tammy