Thursday, August 11, 2016

The Summer Heat Continues

Our laying hens catching the morning bugs.

Anyone home?

The zinnias.  Butterfly haven.

I was reticent to post this 'cause I look a frightful mess.  But it is the nature of farming.  One gets sweaty and dirty.

I found them!  The Cheyenne Spirit echinacea.  Buried alive under grass, ragweed and other not-so-nice misplaced plants.  Working hard to rescue them but it is 95 degrees!

I'm not the only one melting.... bees wax in the solar melter.

Tiggie resting comfortably.

Ornamental sweet potato vine in our coal bucket.  It's going everywhere!
Today's Journey Joys:  Air conditioning! Cold lemonade with Ally girl, kitties getting bigger, flowers blooming, yellow raspberries loaded and slowly ripening, wet refreshing showers at the end of a long hot sweaty day.

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