First week of August whizzed right by.

The week has flown by like a blue-jay on a mission. Where.did.it.go?
Oh, yes.
We've had grands visiting, a foundation to finish, a birthday to celebrate, a bit of cat-sitting and a big black grand-dog who howled to come for a sleep-over. We just took him home today. xo

My garden is keeping me busy. Everything is producing now although the tomatoes remain green. I have tons of zucs and cucs; yellow beans and kale but the peppers are just now growing well .
The sun-flowers are at their very best and huge this summer. This one's bigger than my big head.

How is this for a corn stalk. haha! We just threw a few kernels in the ground to see if they would grow. And they did. I'm 5' 5".

 

I've been saving a few wildflowers from the wheels of roaring trucks here.

I love the Queen Ann's lace and these daisy-like beauties. I will have to find out what they are called.

They look like a Black-eyed Susan with a lighter-coloured center.

 

Audrey...with her nose in everything.

 I never leave them out long because Annie likes to chew on flowers and I don't know if these are poisonous.

They most-likely are.

The ground is really getting dug up with all the machinery. We'll have a lot of landscaping to do when this building project is over.

The wrap is on the foundation and the dirt is back in the hole with a little left over.  Well, maybe a lot. :(

But we do have plans for it.

We'll be renting a bob-cat to move it around.

I have to tell you...we are tired.

Getting the foundation in for house-building is not for the weak. Keeping up with the gardens when we are inundated with mosquitoes the size of gum-drops, all this rain we've had and joining in with all the family shenanigans that every summer brings

has left us pooped.

Cats always have the right idea.

Sometimes I wish I had a Blackberries box to fall into.
 

 The house will soon be starting.

Time to take a breath and then

onwards and upwards.

:)

Hope the summer is treating everyone well.

hugs, Deb