Blooming

 The Brugmansias (Angels Trumpets) that were mostly in bud in my last post are now in full bloom.

It's Friday evening and I just walked down the driveway to get the mail. The heady fragrance of their perfume filled the air. 

This one is right by the gate to the  driveway. 

Yesterday I raked up all the the fir cones off the driveway that had fallen from this very large Douglas Fir. It all looks tidy again, at least until the next wind storm.

More Brug  blooms:

Sitting on the patio, I enjoy the complexity of the plants in the "Danger Garden".

Yesterday I finally took time to revisit my "throne". I sat and read there for a while, and then I was compelled to take more photos. 

The garden is looking pretty good for late summer. Tom and I, Tom more that I, have both been doing some trimming and cleaning up, getting our exercise and fulfilling our need to "get our hands in the dirt". 

Now as evening falls, we will soon see the bright orange moon peaking through the trees. We are having a lot of smokey air from wild fires west, east, and north of us. The sun in the day casts a smokey golden glow and the moon at night is a bright orange ball of almost fullness. 

We're having a cooldown starting tomorrow. Will there be thunder storms? We shall see.