Happy First Day of Summer!

     Even though it's already felt like summer for several weeks around here, today officially marks summer's beginning!  What better way to mark the date than with a fresh pedicure!  The color?  Strawberry Margarita by OPI...gorgeous!  Well, the polish anyway!

     With temperatures in the 90s and the heat index even higher, the flowers in the yard are not thriving, to say the least.  I did, however, manage to catch a few pretty blossoms before the wilted for the day.

Isn't this an interesting plant?  It's called a chenille, and the leaves look like the leaves of a strawberry plant.

I shot this rose of Sharon just in the nick of time.  Every blossom on the bush was closed and this one was almost done for the day, too!  I am very concerned about this plant as we've seen the Japanese beetles on a couple of our trees, and last year they all but destroyed our red rose of Sharon.  I'm hoping the dumb things are not as attracted to this beautiful blue one!

Rex's babies!

               

My neighbor's hydraengas - not sure if that's spelled correctly - are stunning!  Look at the bloom below.  Doesn't it look like a heart?  How sweet!

God is great!