It's
true. I have a malady. A heat malady!
Y'all,
I'm surprised I haven't melted. It's been in the upper 90's for almost two
weeks now.
My
poor little flowers are struggling. The Gerbera and Zinnias are surviving
pretty well, but I have to give them a good soaking, daily.
The
garden, on the other hand, must be related to the energizer bunny. It just
keeps on going. It's been so much fun eating out of the garden. Our meal
yesterday was meatless and consisted
of almost all veggies coming from our garden. I bought some Crowder peas from a
Mennonite shop in town and served them over rice. And then from my garden, we
had sautéed squash, fried okra, sliced cucumbers and tomatoes.
A meal to die
for!
I'm
excited at the promise of this cantaloupe.
The
okra is doing very well.
I
didn't tell you about our 4th, did I? Well, baby sista and her family spent a
few days with us. It was so hot that we basically spent the whole time in the
water. My nephew brought his stand-up paddle board and I tried it, but I just
wasn't as thrilled with it as I originally thought I would be. It was a little
difficult to get your sea-dog legs and I guess I'm a little lazy, but I didn't
want to stand up the whole time. Cliff, on the other hand, had a ball. My
brother-in-law pulled Lidia and Sawyer on the tube and they tried to get me on
it, but I declined. Ha!
My sister, her husband and my nephew pulling L&S on the tube.
L&S
were getting pretty brave.
Cliff
enjoying the SUP.
Cliff
leading the children on a swim picnic. Sawyer is hauling the food on his kayak.
They swam to the mandatory portage area to have their picnic.
My
brother-in-law made good on his promise to let me drive his boat.
My
niece and Lidia cooling off. And because I just noticed their earrings, I'm
calling them the Pearl Girls. Ha!
You
know it's hot, when you find a cow in the lake. HaHa!
Thanks
for the picture, Kaylan.
It
was a great weekend. We enjoyed having family over for the 4th and look forward
to another visit soon.......maybe a fall kayak trip with the sistas this fall!
Laurie
Coming soon: Canning and Refinishing my oak table
