new flowers

Up close and personal photo of the new hydrangea I added to our yard today.

someone has a new hat....

....and doesn't Chloe look thrilled?



(The hat was on clearance at Target - I often buy Chloe outfits for photos, but only on clearance. I find it pretty fun funny.)

Gary Ray & the Heartwells

There are three pictures today - because I shot over 100 of these guys at the Blue Ridge BBQ Festival.

Gary Ray & the Heartwells....

trumpet flower, day 2

I'm seriously impressed with this flower. The flower from yesterday - that was so tightly closed? Um, it's opening. I thought on my walk that it would be open sometime this weekend.

We took a walk around 7:45 this evening. This was the flower at that time:


And by 8:15, it looked like this!


Can you imagine what it's going to look like tomorrow?

waiting to open

The trumpet flower is so close to opening...

summer food.

This is a summer dish I make often, and we made it last night. First time this year. It was a long winter and I'm SO glad that summer (weather at least) is here. It means I can pick fresh basil out of the garden whenever I want to (which is what I did yesterday!)

Oliver's day!

Happy 14th birthday to Oliver...one of my favorite animals and dogs ever. If not my favorite dog (just try not to tell Sophie that.)