Oh, The Weather Outside Is Delightful!

And my dear, I'm so enjoying.
Let it shine! Let it shine! Let it shine!

Yes, finally, after an entire month plus of nearly daily deluge, today is day three of pretty much perfect weather.  Not only lots of brilliant blue sky and abundant sun, but temperatures warm enough in the day to nudge growth on the tomatoes, low humidity, and so far, not many bugs.  Even the snails which were attacking my Niko blue hydrangea seem to be gone.  That might have something to do with my daily squashing of them (yuck).  My Niko did not bloom this year.  Last year, it only grudgingly gave up about 3 blooms.  I think I planted it in the wrong spot and need to move it. 

I can't show you any photos at the moment.  I seem to have misplaced my camera battery charger.  And my computer seems to have misplaced it's card reader technology.   Grrrr.  On Saturday, I did two blog fodder things and I can't show you!  First thing that morning, I took another hike, same place as last time but stayed on the simpler trail.  Good thing, too, because I discovered on that hike all that rain frustration translated into losing condition.  I was huffing all the way up!!  At the end of that trail is a tower.  From the top of the tower, the view is panoramically beautiful and begs for camera time. 

Saturday afternoon, my daughter and I headed for the nursery again.  Before the rains hit, we'd been bonding in the dirt and my yard was really starting to shape up.  Both of us have been itching to get back to it.  But this latest trip did not involve any digging.  I've wanted to add some garden glory to my deck and she has developed a fondness for dahlias.  She planted three in the garden before the rains and they are just now sprouting.  When we saw the big pots of dahlias in full bloom at the nursery, there was no question what was coming home with us.  A couple of them are pretty tall and some stems did not take to the car so well.  Perfect excuse to snip them off and showcase them in a couple of vases.  One for the dining room and one for the living room, although the smaller one in the living room is kind of a traveler.  If I'm heading for the deck, I take that vase with me.  Totally blog worthy and I can't show you.  But that's ok.  The weather outside is delightful and nothing is taking that joy away from me!!  In fact, it's time to turn off the computer, gather up the poodle, and get out in it.

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[Leslie]

Camera problems...computer problems....I was offline for a few days this week and now I'm SO far behind! I used to take a salt shaker out and deal with the slugs...grim but satisfying and less yuck than squishing.