August....

August......still watered the trees using soaker hoses, and the dog using a pool.  We lost a LOT of residents. 

Even dying evergreens look nice at sunset.  HOT, HOT HOT, with no end in sight.  Thanks to my gardening buddies Sue and Petunia on BHG garden talk forum I got back on the boards, looked at gorgeous plant pictures, and sitting next to the ac, started dreaming about the garden again.   Sue's Garden is amazing and a slide show of it is featured on the gardening channel at Better Homes and Gardens website, click on the link to take you there.    At least the Cool season (Oct-March) should be good...