We now return...

...to our regularly scheduled blog-gram.

I'm back.  It's been a looong June and July.  I pushed myself very hard to catch up with the April/May projects that were not attended to due to the overlong winter.  At the same time I stretched myself to finish June/July projects that I just would NOT let slide.  *woof*  I've worked myself into near exhaustion a couple of times and have lost nearly 10 pounds of 'winter comfort'.   But I kept at it.  And at it.  And - finally - I'm done.  Well, not done done, (there are still years on my to-do list) but at least now I'm where I hoped to be at this time of summer.

And that is ...  SITTING MY TAIL DOWN IN A DECK CHAIR and drinking lots of iced tea.  The brakes are on for now.  Outside of mowing grass, puttering in the beds in cool mornings or watering as necessary, I'm geared down in response to the scorching weather.  It's time to coast for a while.

But the thought of listing all the things I've done since I went on hiatus unnerved me and would probably bore everyone to tears anyway.  So I'll just post pics of how some of the beds look as of today.

(As always, click on pic to enlarge, then magnify for better focus.)

SW view from driveway

NE view from driveway

Garage corner
(note: clematis transplant succussful - 2nd bloom just starting)

Arbor bed

Stump bed - looking much better this year

New privacy fence & bed

Crab bed (without Nishiki willow)

Brick bed

Wall bed (in previous years only tomato plants,
but now filled with zins)

Birdbath bed (Golden Jubilee reaching 4 feet -
can barely see birdbath so they
will be replaced with shorter plants next year)

Deck (still 2 center benches of perennial seedlings that
will be planted out in September when temps fall
and rains return)

I'll post some veg harvest pics soon, but that's all for now.  I'm bushed and am off to refill my iced tea.  All this typing has worn me out... ;-D

More HIATUS

June, 2011 - kitchen window view
(click to enlarge then magnify to focus
click => for May, 2010 view)

Still on a 'blogging hiatus' and working full bore in the yard and gardens.  (And, as you can see by the blur, no new camera yet. Sorry.)

Still mostly foliage at this point with only the catmints, perennial geranium, Queen of the Praire and some of the swamp milkweed in bloom.  Honeybees on the Walker's Low catmint (no traffic at all on any of the rest that I can see).  No sign of any native bees yet, but there is little forage for them at this point.

Still playing catch-up in the gardens.  What I'd really like to "catch up" on is some serious down time, but no time for that at this point.  *pant*

Hiatus

I'm finding the blog (what with the main page and the other pages) has become too much effort for too little traffic/feedback these days.  I'm going to regroup and consider if I should quit the blogs altogether, or just drop the side pages, or what.

Right now I'm overworked, frazzled and, truth be told,  kinda grumpy so I think it's best to let go the pressure of documenting all the stuff I'm doing, sorting pics, then composing chatty stories around them to post.

Last thing I want are entries that seem forced and un-delightful!

So, y'all have a nice summer.  If you have my email, drop me a line and I'll keep you updated personally that way.

I hope to be back on the airwaves soon after catching up in the gardens, some rest and a little attitude adjustment.  ;-)