Tuesday, August 26, 2025

More Flowers, Inside and Out.

 It's another warm one here today, now 80 degrees as we approach 1:00, heading for 85 or more. That means it's lunch time and I have managed to fritter away the last hour. I'll get back to you. 

Well, I'm back, it's 2:15 and I'm completely distracted from flowers. Lunch time is when I read the Seattle Times newspaper, concentrating on national news from sources like the New York Times, the United  Press, and the Washington Post. Today was one of those days when I was shaking my head constantly. Trump is:

-attacking vote by mail to discredit elections,

-leveling tariffs that hurt board game sales

-gutting FEMA disaster response (hurricane season)

-fighting efforts to close Aligator Alcatraz

-threatened South Korea, so the SK president visited the white House and flattered Trump

-ordered the end of cashless bail(hurts poor people)

-moves to ban and punnish flag burning (is this really a big problem?)

-fires Fed board member

-directs Military to expand policing of US cities

And that was just on Tuesday! Is it any wonder I concentrate on flowers?

So this morning we had our weekly Zoom meet up, then I finished my PT, and ran a load of sheets in the laundry, (Tom made the bed, yay) watered house plants, and did a 30 minute workout on my stationary bike in the garage, which I had vented to cool it down. Then it was 11:00 and I went outside to read on the patio in the shade and cool down, but got distracted and picked up my phone and walked around the yard, mostly in the shade, taking pictures. 

So now I am back to the flowers.

In the house, picked yesterday:


My all pink zinnias


And outside:

Spoon and fork flower :-)


We still have a few roses





I don't remember what I did Sunday. It was hot. But in the late afternoon Jill and Tom went to the Sounders game and I stayed home.

And I was quite comfortable watching in my chair.


And that's all, folks. Bet you're glad. 



10 comments:

  1. You still have many good blooms. Who needs to go to a sounders game with all those flowers.

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  2. I always enjoy your flowers and am glad you share their beauty with me and others.Love your spoon and fork flowers.

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  3. No more flowers here! Too dry and trees are really suffering leaves are falling already. This morning I just had a notice from the post on my phone the invoice of packages to US are restricted from today… I am no more watching the news it’s too depressing !

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  4. Your flowers would put those in a florist shop to shame! So lovely.
    Sad as the news is, it is better to be informed.

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  5. Linda, you are so lucky to have such a beautiful yard. Love seeing pics of it. As for the news... sorry to say but don't watch it anymore. Can only take so much chaos these days. But I read your report and you didn't mention the fact that he's also trying to take away mail-in voting... and I wonder if covid boosters will still be free. I do spend a lot of time binge watching on Netflix these days - can't be out in the heat with my eye and wouldn't want to be anyway. We don't have many outdoor plants, but our indoor ones are spoiled rotten. ; )

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    1. Oh, but I did mention vote-by-mail. First one on the list, and a very important issue in this state.

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  6. All good in your life except the news.

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  7. Beautiful flowers! Linda in Kansas

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  8. Nice flowers! Trump is real busy for an elderly guy!

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