Smiling Cowboys.

7-18-12 VERMONT: This is the summer of the T-storm, one or more every night. Last night we got 1.25 inches, and we had had 0.2 inches the previous nights. The power was out again last night, the generator was working but there’s a problem with oil leakage and the company is out of biz, etc., etc. You all know the story.

The new refrig is in and the old one and the loaner are gone—musical appliances. The screen door is repaired and re-hung. The corn stalks were blown over again and re-straightened up, in spite of the traumata, they are showing tassels. The tomatoes are showing a little color, especially the Sun Gold. I’ve been eating blue berries off the bushes for a few days. A white Rosa rugosa was blown over in the first storm, and after I supported it, was blown over again, this time it’s starting to wilt.

The bed with hybrid daylilies spans the spectrum from reds, yellows, oranges to purples, pinks, whites and one is almost blue.

The boys got out of the pond long enough to take riding lessons. Most folks here ride English, but they’re learning Western. Next lesson is out of the ring and on a trail.

New blooms: more daylilies and more hostas.
Hybrid Daylilies.

Smiling Cowboys.