Garden Update Week 8

We've had quite a bit of rain in Rochester over the past couple of weeks. While it's made for a few days of gloomy weather, it's also been good for the flowers and vegetables growing in my yard. The daisies are happy and blooming.

The lavender bed has blossomed with lovely fowers, and everytime the wind blows, the yard is filled with beautiful frangrance.

The vegetable garden has taken off, and the tomato plants have multilple little green fruits. The basil, cilentro and rosemary has also made several appearances in my cooking. The poblanos and jalenos should start making an appearance in the next few weeks. Then it will be time to make salsa, pasta sauce and crema de poblano.

Fun with JSB!

A Facebook friend recently shared a video she found on youtube. It's so much fun, I just have to pass it along!



This is for real!

Cat Nap on a Summer Evening

It's been pouring rain for two days straight, with a few rumbles of thunder every now and then. The windows stayed closed to keep the sheets of rain our of the house, and many of the bushes and flowers were bent almost to the ground under the weight of all the water. The temperatures dropped back to early spring highs of low 60s, and it felt like we might get cheated out of our first day of summer.

Then early this afternoon the clouds began to part and the sun has eventually broken through. It's 75 degrees and Chico and Maya are ecstatic to have the windows open again. Here, Chico is napping in his favorite window seat while Maya takes a break from bird watching. We're all enjoying the first evening of summer here in Rochester.