Another basket to lounge in

Wish I'd had my camera the other night when Dexter was perched on the edge of my bedroom chair, looking down into my wicker wastebasket--and fell in!  He has a thing for baskets, small and large, but laundry baskets with clean clothes in them are especially nice!

My role model

Dexter watches Pumpkin hunt down a moth.

One odd kitty

Dexter falls asleep in the strangest positions...

Just can't keep my eyes open any longer...

A favorite chair has been staked out.

Colorado peaches

This is the best part of the summer--when the tomatoes are ready and the organic Colorado peaches that I order are delivered to my house! 

Getting tomatoes at the Farmer's Market

New stuff

We had an old gas grill--a hand-me-down from a relative--that needed replacing.  My oldest son assembled the new one this afternoon.

Perfect deck weather

Our deck is finally finished, treated with clear stain, and the furniture returned to it.  Time to relax on it, and the weather couldn't be better!

Odd lily

My camera was "lost" for several days.  But I found it (underneath some files in my car) and am back in business!  When this lily is ready to bloom, it comes out of the ground as just a stem.  This was one of the surprise flowers that existed in the garden when I moved in and it took me awhile to make the connection between the bushy plant it is in the spring (and which dies off, leaving bare ground) and the late summer blossoms. The first shot is from 5 days ago; the second from today. One of the stems fell over.  It's kind of a top-heavy design for a flower!

Woo hoo! Time to plan a party outside!

Our lovely new deck:

Saturday August 6 Almost there!

The deck, getting covered.

Friday August 5--Standoff

Little Dexter would L...O...V...E to be friends, but sedate lady Pumpkin wants nothing to do with this idea.

For 8-4 Thursday

It's easy to pass by impatiens and think they are "pedestrian"--but they are really champion flowers--blooming virtually nonstop from spring through summer, even in the shade.

Farmer's Market Day

What cat doesn't like a bag?