Thanks Sally, hope to do some fishing and my 2 daughters will be coming up to visit this weekend so should be fun.

Went outside to do a bit of hybridizing and discovered we have had some rain, l/2 inch. No pollen to work with. Must have happened early morning when the daylilies were already open. But, it was definitely great to get some rain.

I am glad you got some rain last night, Cindy. We did, too. It moved through in the middle of the night or early morning. I hope it isn't too hot at your cottage and that you have a great time.

Thanks, I hope not either.

Charlemagne said:It rained today in New Mexico.

Here is the rain starting at sunset. The rain is the pink at the top of the photo, backlit by the sunset. As you can see, it is evaporating before it hits the ground.


It's raining harder now, the rain (again the pink at the top of the photo) is still evaporating before it hits the ground.


The rain is starting to fade away as the sun sets. It is now the grey at the top.


Charley in dry New Mexico

So beautiful!!

Another week expected of mostly sunny, hot and some days excessively humid. Yup, summer for sure.

They are calling for a high of 90F. It will be very hot all week, with some days over 100F. Not much blooms here in the summer. We don't bother with annuals. Besides having no place to put them, I won't be a slave to watering them. My husband said there is a high pressure dome over the U.S. this week. That will make everyone hot.

We had a nice surprise last night of .20 of rain ! Was so nice going to sleep to the sound of thunder and flashes of lightening!

Kelli said:They are calling for a high of 90F. It will be very hot all week, with some days over 100F. Not much blooms here in the summer. We don't bother with annuals. Besides having no place to put them, I won't be a slave to watering them. My husband said there is a high pressure dome over the U.S. this week. That will make everyone hot.

Yup, it seems to be hot all over the country.

Not much to report ....more of the same thing everyone else is getting. Hot and humid. We did have an early morning shower yesterday, made for wet legs and shoes walking among the daylilies. I ditched the shoes...cool, wet ground felt so good. We had a severe storm watch all day today and an hour ago I could see huge black clouds north of us. So happy that one missed, they were reporting 1" hail with it. Would have put an end to the bloom season. Now we have a nice breeze from the north blowing through the house. Suppose to be in the 70's tomorrow with lower humidity....
The cottage sounds like a fun time. Get away from the same everyday routine and "stuff". Hope it stays cooler there for you, Cindy.
Keep thinking of you Rita when I go down to the veggie patch...I've been waiting for my pea pods to pea. Finally found some tonight that feel big enough to pick tomorrow. Also noticed two zuc's were ready to pick And the blueberries are starting to get blue. The bushes are loaded this year, must be because of the warmer winter we had. Love fresh blueberries, on cereal and ice cream, in fruit salad, muffins, coffee cake, fruit crisp....

Gorgeous images Charley!

Char said:
Keep thinking of you Rita when I go down to the veggie patch...I've been waiting for my pea pods to pea. Finally found some tonight that feel big enough to pick tomorrow. Also noticed two zuc's were ready to pick And the blueberries are starting to get blue. The bushes are loaded this year, must be because of the warmer winter we had. Love fresh blueberries, on cereal and ice cream, in fruit salad, muffins, coffee cake, fruit crisp....

Oh yes, I love fresh picked blueberries straight from the garden. I sure didn't get very many this year as the birds really scarfed them up.

But Zucchini, having lots of those. Spring peas were great this year but long done. That is why I really want a fall harvest.

Would love some fresh blueberries, Char. The ones in the stores here are tasteless.

Yesterday we had a brief thunderstorm with a good hard rain, today was mostly overcast, humid and 72F degrees.

Heat and humidity is all we got here, Phoenix got hammered. The rain passed me by...so it is off to water and do a rain dance this morning, it is already 84 with 51% humidity....Happy weather and gardening to all of you!

They are calling for a high of 93F. It doesn't rain here in the summer so any of you can send me your unwanted rain.

Rained during the night, 70% chance of more today plus a chance of thunderstorms, 52F degrees, high of 66F predicted.

Margaret , I am coming to live with you !!!!!!!!! ........ well, maybe ......(66 F sounds so lovely compared to 38 celcius considering the humidex)do you have black flies in abundance ? If you do then I am afraid its a no go .......can't handle those little buggers. That is the only good thing about living where I live .........no black flies. Mosquitoes galore most years but it is even too dry for them here this year. I think I have been bitten once ,squashed it and asked" was that good for you ....it was for me !!!!" and seen or heard 2 others. That has been the most enjoyable part of this spring and summer here .

70°/87°/73°
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny. Light SE wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Cindy,
It sounds so relaxing! If you catch any fish will you keep them to eat?

Signet,
I love your conversation with the mosquito!

7 day forecast


Do you think I could cross the 7 day with the these two and get something just about right?

Actual .02 inches of rain yesterday.

Charley