No umbrella necessary

The rain, rain, rain came down, down, down....

And cooled everything off. For a moment.

The Supreme Leader

We had an impromptu pizza party this evening for no reason at all. Unfortunately, Mili was very badly behaved and kept barking for people to give her food. Fortunately, I know how to make her be quiet.

She hates when I dress her up.

Tiny bubbles

Tiny bubbles

On the leaf

Make me feel happy

Make me feel.... like ground beef....

My apologies to Don Ho for messing up his song.

While washing the dishes, I saw this tiny bubble on the leaf of the African Violet. When my husband started singing the Tiny Bubbles song, I was unable to get it out of my hair.

Tonight, I will pluck out his eyebrows in his sleep.

Hip to be Square

Dang I hate my hips....

But I love cutting back the Agapanthus after they've gone to seed.

Oh summer... how I love your sweltering moments

As I made the coffee this morning, it looked like the water drops were jewels. I love how summer makes the dew hang around longer... and makes the flowers dance.

Great evening with some friends who were passing through. There can be nothing sweeter than the view of the world through a 2 year old's eyes. "Yes, please do take the refrigerator magnets to see Disney World!" Adorable!

Scarlett's Web

The long lost cousin of Charolette was found in the garden at my school.

She is an Argiope (Writing Spider). While I am extremely freaked out by her, I also love her because she likes to eat wasps. And wasps are Godless Killing Machines that deserve to be eaten.

Quick Science lesson: These spiders are called Writing Spiders because of the zigzag "writing" that can look like z's and x's in their webs. Maybe E.B. White got the writing in the web idea from one of these girls.

Sunny side up!

While growing up, I always heard the saying, "It is so hot you could fry an egg on the road."

So, I did.