I know a lot of you are coping with this same weather. It’s so incredibly hot and humid out there! All I have been doing is watering. I had to water at least four times yesterday. The problem lies in the fact that spring was late this year and this heat wave is too early. Seedlings, like my morning glories and zinnias and moonflowers, are still young. This heat just wilts them, and if I don’t water them throughout the day, they will die. Likewise for the new plants in the garden beds. And, of course, anything potted.

And it’s going to be even hotter today. Consequently, I am delaying my trip into the city until tomorrow. If I leave the plant babies for two days, they’ll die. Not on my watch!

So I will be on watering duty today. Don understands. He’s tired. I’m tired. My allergies/sinuses are going haywire with this humidity. If I go in tomorrow, I’ll come back on Wednesday. I’m going back in on Saturday because someone’s birthday is on Sunday.

Then I have jury duty. Not at all excited about that.

I love the way this clematis has three petals completely open and three closed. It was that way throughout the day yesterday.

This daylily is new. I planted it in the big garden bed.

And the pink spirea is in bloom. This is part of a huge bush that is at the far end of the porch, along with the Annabelle hydrangea.

Time to water.

Happy Monday.

Some more photos from early yesterday morning:

Another very hot day today, and tomorrow, and the next day…

I had brunch with Rick and Doug yesterday and I didn’t get back home until 3. Everything in the garden was wilting, so I went into overdrive and watered like crazy. In the process, I pulled something in my back.

It’s way too hot for the garden and for me.

I saw Nigel out and about this morning. He’s rather petite and darker than the other groundhogs. Completely adorable.

Okay. I’m going to make this short as I desperately need more coffee and I haven’t responded to yesterday’s comments yet.

Missing my father today.

Happy Sunday.