Friday's Splash of Color.........

I am glad that Friday is here.  We really needed rain when it sprinkled yesterday.  I have plants that are up and ready to bloom and they are wilted.  I planted some yellow squash plants last night that were marked down to almost free.  The soil was powder dry so I watered them heavily.   The squash plants each had six or seven blooms on them already.  We like the yellow squash in salads and to saute them with other vegetables.

I have not had the time to photograph all the new flowers that are blooming out there.  I may get outside over the weekend.  My zinnia seed are not up yet.  I am concerned that the dry weather is keeping them from developing.  I watered them a couple of times on my own but a soaking rain would fix things.

I will quit reporting on what I do each day as it is different each day. Being on a custodial crew in a school is interesting and in the summer there is so much to do in such little time. Different crews, painting and cleaning crews have to dodge the remodeling crew, my crew, on most days.  Everyone gets into each others space as they work.  Thanks for stopping by my blog today.................stage curtains, tall ladders, vacuuming and hand sewing repairs.

Thursday and all is well.......

Not much time to blog but I will share the multiple blooms of this lily. It is the first one to bloom each year.  I seems to be a long week and it is since we didn't get any holiday on Monday like last week.  Thanks for stopping by my post today.

Let's go fishing.........

No, I don't think so.  My science teacher's fish are enjoying my pond.  They are not quite in focus but I will work on that.

I bought a set of green pepper plants and they already have little peppers on them.  I planted four of them and gave the remaining two to my daughter in law to plant in her Chicago garden. These are planted in a flower pot but I am thinking that I may move them to the ground as the tomato that sits in the middle of the flower pot looks like it will crowd them out in the future.

It is hump day for work.  A lot of renovating of thirty year old bathrooms and shower rooms.  I am getting very tired of working in these kind of facilities day in and day out. Thanks for stopping by my post today.

Tuesday's Things.........

I am having a difficult time getting a good photo of this plant.  I guess it is because that I try taking it in the afternoon when the sun is so bright.

Smooth rocks from Lake Superior.  If you are missing them up there in the north I will bring them back.  I thought I needed to shoot pictures of things other than flowers.  These four guys sit on my bench next to my fish pond.  I like seeing them reminding me of the North Shore.

If you follow my blog you will recognize this clematis plant.  It decided to put out a few more blooms this past week.  I though ti was through for the year.

My whole family is suffering from my new work schedule.  I need to arrive to my summer job at six in the morning.  Everyone, including me, are going through time shock as our bodies have to adjust to the change in our sleep times.   We finally learned to get to bed earlier or we would be really exhausted everyday.  The five days of the week at the early hour then returning to normal time on the weekends just really doesn't work either.  

 I do like to get off at two in the afternoon, but if I have a very physical day then it really doesn't matter as I am too tired to get things done.  I do now know why one of our weather guys on tv resigned his job as he had been on early morning tv for 12 years and he just couldn't cut it anymore.  I don't know how he lasted that long.

Thanks for stopping by my post today.

Thinking Green.......

Yellow roses will follow soon from all of these buds. The rains have been been good for this plant.

Snow on the mountain or bishop's weed some will call it, and it is invasive. Still it is  a wonderful plant.  It fills in where my dry foundation soil will not grow a thing. It also grows under trees that put out a lot of shade.

My new hosta is looking better each day.  It was pretty damaged earlier but is now looking good.  It could use a lot more leaves and I think that should happen in a few more weeks.

It is back to work today.  It is good to have work.  It is not my favorite kind of work but as I said it is good to have work.   Thanks for stopping by my post today.

I am ready for my closeup......

As I was out at the garden shed putting things away and looking for blog shots, I noticed I had a cat following me.  As I turned toward the old wheel barrow Yellow Kitty was sitting there waiting for me to notice her.

I took a few shots since she was giving me many different poses.  She loves to be out in the sun and will also follow anyone who possibly could pet her. 

Thanks for stopping by my post today.

Asiatic Lily Season.....

My next set of flowers to bloom are these Asiatic Lilies.   I have a couple of varieties that bloom at different times so this season should last most of the month.  I have noticed that the hostas are starting to put out buds. 

The pin oak shed it's last year's leaves and now  has a nice new set of leaves.  They are a slow growing tree.  I have one that sits in the sun that is growing faster.

My two buddies back again this year.  I had stuffed them in a shelf and discovered they needed to go outside.   Our light rain has sure perked up all of the plants in the garden.  The grass is coming back from the long dry spell, but it doesn't look like it is going to gain much from our light rain.  I won't have to mow again for another week by the way the grass looks.  Some of it is still brown.

My creeping bluebell has perked up from our two days of light rain.  I don't think that we received more than an inch but it did make a big difference in the looks of the garden flowers.

I am having a day of rest today on Saturday.  I put in two ten hour days the last two days and it did make me tired.  My work schedule of six to two is taking a toll on all of us including the dogs.  It is nice to be off at two in the afternoon but the body doesn't like the two hour change of the start of the day.  I did a lot of physical labor the past two days, stripping wax from floors with coats of liquid materials and then machines to remove it from the floor. 

It is too cold to really work outside this morning but I may take a walk to see if the zinnias have come up and if the raspberries are needing to be picked.  I have a few volunteer trees that need to be snipped out but that may wait for another day.  Thanks for stopping by my post today.