I keep thinking of the little goblins who will be Trick or Treating on October 31.... it will STILL be hot! Chocolate candies will melt. Boo HOO!!!!!

I read a bit about what we're supposed to be doing to get the garden ready for the beginning of our Winter Spring. Sweat and toil in September to ready the weed from Monsoon growth, enhance and amend the soil (dig down 12-18 inches to enhance drainage and root development). Yea, right. My pitch fork will not go further than 3 inches into this clay. Add sulfur to amend sodium accumulation. Before planting add nitrogen and phosphorous. Lightly trim hybrid roses, feed citrus. Take a trip to your favorite nursery and plant the pretties. Water and wait for Winter freeze. I know. My brain is still ablaze.

My quilting may continue into November before I get out and do some garden work.

You?

I am sooooo looking forward to fall!! This has been a brutal humid summer but at least we have had a better monsoon. Parts of Tucson got over an inch of rain this afternoon, but not a drop here. Supposed to be more chances for rain this week. The garden is tired and so is the gardener !

I can't wait for fall.

Today I am so bummed. Someone stole a large pothos right off my front porch. As I said on facebook, I just do not understand how someone steals something that is not theirs. I mean, what part of their brain thinks its okay and keeps them from feeling guilty?????

Grrrrrr and a little bit of sadness today. I won't put anymore out there and now I am feeling like I need to make sure my back patio is secure. But those plants aren't as pretty. The pothos was beautiful and I will not buy another one until I have my own home again. I do have some indoors still where they will remain.

That is so wrong Becky !!! So sorry for the lose of your beautiful plant ! I also have never been able to understand how someone can take something that is not theirs. The guilt would kill me if I did something like that !!!

IT'S BEEN POURING FOR A LONG TIME TODAY AND RIGHT NOW, AT 8:53, IT'S 79 DEGREES. Soooooo refreshing. One thunderclap woke me up and another one about 30 minutes ago sounded like a gun shot in my driveway!

Lucky you ! The big storms in Tucson yesterday missed us again. We just received .10 and the humidity today is terrible. We still have lots of clouds, however so temps are way down.

90 Today but the forecast has me smiling.

Love the 70s not crazy about the 60s this early but will take it.

Here is what our forecast looks like. Note the lows

The 60's F sound pretty good to me !!

As long as it doesn't drop into the 50s and even snow. It has been known to happen in September.

The trees are beginning to turn. Am planning a couple of leaf peeping tours later in Sept and early Oct.

This was last year

Love those fall pictures, Marilyn! I miss fall so much. We have a few things that change color but nothing like a real fall. Speaking of snow, I was just visiting with my friend Margaret in British Columbia and she had just had some snow, sent photos of her yard covered with it.

Tooooooooooo early For me anyway.

Marilyn, I am with Linda...the 60's sound heavenly.

It's poring again tonight. Last night was "ONE-OF-THOSE" amamzing thunder and lightening storms that scared you every time the boom-crack crack-boom-came!

Tonight is hard rain and wind but so far no thunder and ligtening.

My friend who lives in southern Iceland said they have snow in Northern Iceland ... knocked out electrical service all day and into tomorrow. A real black out. Nothing like it since 1995.

Linda and Becky(boo) ,

Nice here until the last couple of hours, now it looks like we will get some rain late afternoon and evening.

YEA!!! Glad for rain, if not ugly storms. I agree with you it has been very strange all over.

Hope winter is not as weird ... I think we are all

Stay safe.

9/12/2012

Got up to a nice steady rain and about 60 degrees. They say it will rain all day giving us about an 1-1 1/2 inches. YEA!!!!!!

Then another warm up to the eighties is coming. Things will really green up....

Sounds like a perfect day, Marilyn!

For a day or two then I want my sun back

Never satisfied

I'll be anxious to hear if Becky just experienced what I did. One of the worst/best downpours/rain/wind I've ever seen in Phoenix.

I was in class across town and missed the entire blast, Susie. Interestingly, becasue my balcony faces east, not a thing was blown away. But the front stairwell had water up to the neighbors doors when I got home. It faces west.

This is such a big deal right now for me:



One little bloom on my former morning glory that bloomed profusely at my old home. It's in a pot, on my balcony and I refused to give up.