To date the spring season has been quite cool and a lot of rain. I haven't had to do much in the garden as a result and I find it isn't growing as fast as usual. The seeds I sowed directly must have drowned because they are not coming up.
In the next few days the weather is expected to get much warmer and I'm sure the garden will suddenly sprout. In the meantime I went out to capture a few raindrops on leaves. One of my absolute favourite things to do in the garden believe or not. I captured these photos in the very early morning hours and just used my phone camera.
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| Hosta leaves #2 |
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| Solomon's Seal #1 |
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| Solomon's Seal #2 |
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| The herb container |
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| Trying to capture the rain as it drops in the bird bath. |
When it dried out a little I captured a few more photos.
I like to capture and compare garden photos from year to year. I can see that last year my garden was more mature in May than it is this year in June. I think it's due to the cool weather and abundant rain. I'm hoping it means the garden will remain fresh for longer this summer if the very hot weather is delayed. July is typically our hottest month.
I'm almost finished reading a murder mystery called Moonflower Murders. It is the 2nd book in a series but I didn't realize it when I picked it up on a whim at the library. I am enjoying it quite a lot.
I have a friend who has been under a lot of stress because he was very close to becoming homeless. Right now he is living in a hotel room. Fortunately he found a place and so the stress is relieved. He will need to purchase or gather a lot of items to begin in the new apartment so I'm now putting together some items that I want to declutter and which will be useful (bowls, plates, cutlery, draining pads, dishcloths,dishtowels, dutch oven, baking pans, possibly hangers. bedding and shower curtain, etc.).
In other news I was able to get my 2nd Covid vaccine. I got the Pfizer vaccine and was told that after one week it is 95% effective in protecting me.
How is your garden growing?
