rockybane's Blog

It's a beautiful cool morning here. It's starting to heat up, but it was chilly this morning, and yesterday morning. Very unusual for July hereabouts.

The grandkids stayed the night, and they're already clamoring to go to the creek and go swimming. Our little creek is spring fed, and it takes warm nights to warm the water any, and it's still cold where the springs run in, so I have a feeling granny will be sitting out this swimming session on the bank. I say that, but it's a known fact in my family that when I get anywhere close to the water when it's summer, I have to get in.

The hostas my calves ate are actually sprouting forth a few new small leaves. They look kinda pitiful, but they answered the question of whether they would come back or not. I knew hostas were tough, but I thought they might just wait until next spring to re-sprout. Probably thanks in part to the overabundance of rain we've had this year.

Of course the impatiens that I had planted in between are coming back, they are something else that keeps on keeping on, until the frost takes 'em out.

My zinnias are just now starting to bloom, I noticed in another blog their zinnias are just now blooming. I think mine is because I have them planted right in front of the house, the west side, and they don't get any sun until noon, but I love them there, so whenever they bloom it'll be OK. Next year I think I'll plant a large bed of them on the other side of the house and see how they do.

I have a huge backyard that doesn't have much in it besides grass, a basketball goal, and a trampoline. It's always been where the kids play, so I've not planted much back there. The kids are grown, the grandkids that are here every weekday are getting older and don't play so much anymore, just the b-ball goal, so I think plants would have a much better chance at surviving there.

Gotta go, the creek is calling........