HOLY SEARING HEAT! It's ridiculous over here!
It's 93 degrees. And humid.
Even some of my tropical plants, like the papyrus are saying "Would someone PLEASE turn the heat off? For a few minutes? PLEASE?!!!" They have been getting wilty with this heat. It's not lack of water, it's because it's BLAZINGLY hot hot hot.
Man. Have I mentioned the warmness?
The only thing saving us from mimicking hell-on-earth is the breeze. Thank you, breeze, for showing up today!
Ok. Enough complaining. Onto the pretties!
The tropical hibiscus that I inherited from my husband's step-mom is QUITE happy:
It's actually sitting on the air compressor that runs our air conditioning unit in the house. You'd think it'd be sort of unhappy with all the heat from the exhaust fan, but this hibiscus is HAPPY!!Gigantor the butterfly bush continues to grow ever upward. Here it is from the front of the house:
That fence is over 6 feet tall to give you an idea...The flower boxes are still plugging along. Luckily the pony-tail grasses love this weather, so they have really become the main focus of them:
The phlox/tomato/yarrow garden bed is just going crazy right now! The phloxes are blooming their faces off:
That is a cute mosaic bird bath there on the left. I'll take a picture of it sometime - it's a lovely mosaic of a crane. A friend of my mother-in-law is a VERY talented artist and she makes these mosaics among other types of artwork. And, of course, on the right is Sadie. My eternal shadow!
That's all I gots for today. I now have to go try to look presentable for a retirement party for a good friend of mine...I sure hope sweat is fashionable! : )
Never have I seen a Butterfly bush that BIG.
ReplyDeleteWOW!
Can't show it to hubby cause I killed mine.
He misses it.
He keeps forgetting it's gone & occasionally asks me again where it is.
Or does he remember & is bustin my ??? ;0)
Agree neighbor...HOT,HOT,HOT !
Female, I think your husband is busting your chops!!
ReplyDeleteGo buy another butterfly bush and plant it without him knowing and then he can stop bugging you! That huge one I have? I bought it at the grocery store for like 9 dollars! Best 9 dollars I ever have spent! : )