Home again -

Have to say going away in summertime is not the best idea when it

 comes to maintaining a garden.  

Granddaughter did what she could with some visits to check the house

 and drag the hose around in close to 100F. Not easy when we have

 such a vast amount of shrubbery and plants all calling out for a

 much-needed drink as the sun beats down day after day from that

 'Carolina Blue' sky. . . . . . . .and hardly a raindrop fell in the ten

days we were gone.

 

More stories from New England visit to come, meanwhile I'm off to turn on

 those hoses and do some serious watering this morning before it gets too

 hot. As you can see, the jolly golden sunflowers have passed their prime,

now look baked and dry. One can say that there's still a kind of beauty 

in the shriveled petals and leaves, aging brings patina and wrinkles to

 everything. . . . . . one has to accept this and know there's always

 next spring and early summer when at least the garden

will be renewed!

It's good to be home.