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Woke up to rain this morning. A nice steady, soaking rain that also produced some wispy, smoke-like fog as I drove in to work. No thunder or lighting that I could tell and the roof was not leaking, so all in all, a nice morning. We do need the rain and having it come in this fashion is very beneficial to the entire region.

Ken says he’s working all weekend this weekend. I have tentative plans to update some of my websites and do some photo editing on the dozens on photos I’ve taken this week. Mostly of deer. We have a 4 point buck that’s very bold — he comes almost all the way up to the front porch to eat my canna lilies and nibble on my one remaining rosebush. He’s usually accompanied by that group in my header, but last night he was all alone. They came up later but he held sole reign over the cannas. Ken’s worried that they won’t come up next year, but unless he’s pulling up the rhizomes, they will be fine. They didn’t do a whole lot this year anyway — guess two years of dry weather has taken it’s toll even on the cannas.

It looks like my azaleas are getting ready to bloom again. I don’t remember if they bloomed last fall or not. These are those Encore Azaleas, the ones that are supposed to bloom more than once during the year. When I bought them, they were nearly dead and so I got them rather cheaply. It took them 3 years to get to the point where they would bloom at all. I think this year is only the second or third year they’ve produced any flowers at all. There should be photos from this spring on Webshots. All-in-all, there have been very few blooming plants this year. My Irises didn’t produced but 2 or 3 blooms and the day lilies were also not very prolific. I did get one gladiolia stalk of pure white — it was so very pretty. I have some bulbs to plant a little later this fall to come up next spring. Dahlias, glads and some other sun-loving flowers. I need to completely dig up and re-do my front flower bed or create an entirely new one as it’s been taken over by the bermuda grass which I just can’t keep up with.

Hope you’re having a great day today!

Love to all,

Margaret