Why I have nothing to blog about...

Because this has been one crazy summer! Just saying up front that this post should get significantly more fun as it goes along. :-) So, I'll get my complaining out of the way and proceed with the fun. For starters... I can't seem to keep up with the laundry. Oh, my word. The laundry. Stacks and stacks of it. Now to be clear, I LOVE my washer and dryer. The only really unfortunate thing about it is that it doesn't put the clothes away... and I can do 12 loads in a day, I just can't keep up with putting it away... Argh! A whole lot of sewing, and some really fun stuff in the works for me there. I've been spending all my creative juices in this area tho, and haven't really branched out to creativity in other areas of my life that kinda need it. Like the landscaping. That area just needs some heavy lifting, and I'm so tired of it. I can't do it anymore.

Canning! Which I LOVE! There's something so satisfying about it. I haven't done too much yet, just a bit. But it is fun, and so rewarding. We actually ended up eating almost everything that I did last year, which was an insane amount, so this year I've got to do just about the same amount, although I think I learned a lot, and I'm going to be doing it differently, so I'm not too intimidated by it as of yet.

Keeping up with these weirdos. While Frank was in Vegas he saw The Blue Man group, and since Kiki and Debris have seen several of their videos online now, they are obsessed. Debris discovered that she could use a blue gumball to make her face blue, and spent her morning miming. I think it will be good for us to be in a school routine, I'm craving it just a bit. :-)

And, while many things in my yard are making me crazy, I am so pleased with the majority of the draught tolerant perennials I've got going on in the front yard. I haven't watered at all this year up until this week, and they are kicking butt! Now, it should be noted that I have SEVEN plants that did not make it through the winter. SEVEN!! And, they all have twins that were bought exactly at the same time and place, and treated exactly the same way that DID make it, so that's a bit of a puzzle. A very angrified puzzle. Anyway, I don't feel like ranting about that any more, so I'll just shut up, and share my pretty flower pics. :-)

Hollyhock (I think!) that I got for free off craigslist. It's almost up to my eves, and so pretty! Not technically draught tolerant, but they've done so well.

Daylilies! I love daylilies. These are not technically draught tolerant either, but everyone I've ever spoken to about them says you never have to water them. I've found it to be true so far. Also, word has it peonies are the same way. I have one peony that is thriving in my front yard. This daylily and the one peony I have were draught tolerant test plants, and so far they are passing with flying colors. :-) Probably I'll bring along another of each, and they will die. Seems to be the way we roll around here. :-)

Butterfly bush (the shrub, not the tree) I have an orange one, and a yellow one. For some reason their third brother did not make it. Sigh. Anyway, one is huge, and the other one is smaller but healthy, and they are beautiful!

Black-eyed Susan... So cheerful! I had two, one did not make it through the winter, not too surprising hereabouts, I know. I love these plants tho!

And, one of my favorite, Hyssop. Smells terrible!! but both of these plants are HUGE this year, and so easy to grow. I smile every time I see and smell them, because although it probably was a different variety, this is the plant that was used at so many important and pivotal places in biblical history... and I have the reminder of that every time I walk past my front door. I highly recommend a hyssop plant for that lovely reason.

Have a great weekend!