our dogs

Trying to catch up

my new back flower bed went a little nuts. this picture was taken before it got crazy. The sweet peas grew everywhere and the borage climbed all over everything.  Then the shrub I cut down that I thought might not grow back turned out beautiful but hung over half of what I planted.

 The kids and I only made it to the beach 3 times this summer. Made me very sad... this day ended early as those clouds got darker and it started to thunder.

 

apple trees..

I loved the borage flowers

the barn at the end of our driveway..

my friend who is a potter made plant markers this year. these are the ones I got..

Wow! now that's a moth!

I wish we had put something up against it so you could see how big it is. Think at least hockey puck sized... This isn't the first I've seen of these jumbo moths here. Just the first picture I've had of one.
It's been a pretty good summer. The garden is doing well. I started a new job so I haven't had much time to do much, take pictures..

Doggie prints

We went on a day trip and took our little dog for the ride. She was sitting on my lap when we were having a picnic.  She wanted down and I noticed she had put enough pressure on my leg to leave a paw print, lol

July 18

  

Love lies bleeding..
I'd love to know who named it. :)

Silver mound

This is how my silver mound is doing so far this year.






I dug out the side flower bed this afternoon. It's needed a lot of work for a long long time. Someone planted a very what looks like oregano and it's spread into huge clumps all over the place.  There was a lot of grass and other weeds in there as well.
before

 

after

what is with this weather?

I know we've got it better than some places. Our basement isn't filling with water like friends in Medicine Hat. But the rain.. our garden is half drowned. 3 lettuce plants came up in a whole row, the odd carrot, the bean plants are turning yellow.. We had 2 quite nice days, around 20 degrees with lots of nice sun and then everything changed this evening and we got thunder, lightning and pouring rain again.  Tomorrow is rain again. We are waiting to replant for a few days, see how things go.

I wanted to try and see Comet McNaught  C/2009 R1  but the cloud cover is making it really hard.  The mountains don't really help either..  :)