YES! Another very hot day here! (and Rush)

YES! Another very hot day here! This reading was not the hottest, I am sure!

...the hottest part of the day was when I was dumping those heavy bags of mulch into the flower beds- just after planting the rest of the begonias and laying down strips of heavy siding materials and/or newspaper... (when I ran out of the other) This of course is our attempt to keep down the weeds! (not futile, I hope!)

I couldn't work more than a few minutes without stopping for a few and coming in to cool off! Oh, my! It was hot!! ...But we managed to make progress and in fact almost have this area completed! We still have the area right next to the back porch to spread with mulch! I'm hoping this will not have to be repeated for awhile-and also that it will keep the back porch cleaner! We have put so much work into this -and $$$- it just has to work!!

Here are some pics of the walkway- It goes from the back porch door to the little garden I made for Mom. The one showing the rose is leading from my back porch- and the other one is reversed- leading from Mom's garden. Not sure just how many feet this walk is but those stones are 18 inches each with maybe 3 to 4 inches between them.
I like it!!

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Late in the afternoon I went out to look around the yard!
There was 'The General' looking as cool as ever!
He's such a special cat!!
















...and some more shots of the Crepe Myrtles...

They are truly spectacular this year...all around our area...not just ours! I wonder if they are- in other places too! I have never seen such huge clumps of blooms that are on some of ours!

I don't think I showed this dark red before!
( that little pink flower is a 4 O'clock that grew up with the red bush! ...the only light pink 4 O'clock I have.)











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...And I ended this long, hot day just as planned- with listening to Rush's new CD, 'Snakes and Arrows.'
It is a superb CD, from beginning to end - IMO!

I'm very happy with it...every song !!


Junie Rose