There were no travel adventures in July. The adventure in July was nursing David after open heart surgery. This proved to be far more exhausting than I expected. Much of that exhaustion was probably due to the emotional drain of watching him go through this very painful, very dangerous surgery and recovery. There was a feeling I hadn’t had since I brought my first newborn home. If you have ever had a newborn you know what that is: I was afraid of breaking David. And then of course there was the stress of cooking
I am so glad I am no longer cooking. I don’t mind yard work. I don’t mind housework (ok, after 46 years I’m pretty sick of housework). But cooking! I hate the stress of cooking. Somehow David and a good many relatives find this activity relaxing. There are too many balls in the air at one time. I am very good at multitasking – I never could have survived the job I did for 28 years if I weren’t – but there is just too much going on while cooking a meal.
However, I will say that after I got used to the idea that I was not going to break David I slept like a baby during July.
What I did do was go out in the yard and take pictures of my beautiful flowers. So I have made a sort of album of the photos I took.
This azalea has been trying to eat my backyard patio for a couple of years. I will prune it this year the way Ellen (my late mother-in-law) taught me. In other words; I will butcher it.
These crocosmia came from a dozen (approximately) bulbs that sat in two pots in the backyard for 2 years after my neighbor was going to toss them.
Day lilies in the front yard. I forgot I planted these and then a few years ago they popped up.
The other day lilies in the front side yard. These popped up a couple of years ago from origins unknown. Lavender in the background.
This hydrangea had no blooms last year. My sister advised me that I had probably pruned it too late. This year I pruned it in late February. There is also a clematis in the background. This is the north side of the house, our side yard as it were.
The wisteria climbing the planter in the backyard. I usually use this as back drop in my Instagram posts. It’s pretty and provides the only shade in the backyard until about 4 o’clock. When we came home from our two month adventure last October this wisteria was climbing out of the planter and across the patio heading across the patio toward the house.
Those are the stunners from my yard. I took these while David was passed out on pain killers in the recliner.
There will be adventures in the August blog.
Enjoy your Labor Day adventures. See you next month.