Happy Monday! :) Early garden tending, lots of water for the plants :) keeping cool :)

Happy Monday! :) We're enjoying a great day, blossoming into the new week :) We're very happy and excited, to share in the new week with everyone :) Enjoying some simple joys, as we limit the amount of time we spend outside, these first 3 days of the week. it's a very hot, and humid day, with temperatures in the upper 90's, and heat index about 100 degrees! it's scorching hot outside! We hope everyone is doing ok, keeping cool, and hydrated. We've been having plenty of water, and gatorade today, keeping our pets cool, and taking care of our nature friends, and keeping our plants replenished :) we watered our plants early, before it got too hot outside. this type of heat, humidity is very dangerous. our plants are doing ok, and are nature friends are too, they love the cold water in the bird bath :) our plants are continuing to super mega grow, as summer season blossoms :) we moved our petunia flowers into shaded area to protect them from the very hot sunshine. we soaked our plants really good early, with the water nourishment, to keep them replenished :) We're so proud of our plants, handling the very hot/humid weather. they're amazing, their growing energy, and how they continue to super grow into summer time :) it's gonna continue to be very hot, and humid, tomorrow, and on super wednesday. We'll continue to pace ourselves, with tending our plants :) i've been browsing online, checking out coins, stamps, collectibles :) i'm so excited for my online orders to arrive throughout the week :) There's so much more to look forward too :) Happy countdown to the 4th of July! :) We're looking forward to celebrating the holiday with everyone next weekend :) Holly and i have been tuning into some sports radio today, we organized our pennies collections too :) Enjoying a great day, blossoming into the new week, with family, friends, taking care of our nature friends, plants, and looking forward to lots more spirited summer days :) Tomorrow's sweet treats tuesday! :) We look forward to going out to get treats :)



Our Garden is Super Mega Growing!!! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day :) We hope everyone is keeping cool, and hydrated. The weather is very dangerously hot, and humid. We've been limiting the amount of time we spend outside, as it's nearly 100 degrees here with the heat index. We're taking good care, keeping hydrated, and have our AC on, and making sure our nature friends, and plants are doing ok too :) Holly and i watered our plants early, around 9:30am, to keep them replenished, and also have put lots of water in our bird bath, and lots of goodies around our yard, for our nature friends :) We also took precautions with our petunia's flowers plants, as they are very delicate blossoms, and can burn from the sunshine and very hot and humid air. We're all taking good care. Wishing us all safety, from the heatwave, and wishing us all relief from the heat. we have same weather forecasted for tuesday and super wednesday too. we're gonna continue with the same good care, each day, and will be thinking of everyone often :) Our plants are doing well, and are flourishing as the summer season blossoms :) we're amazed each day, with how much the plants have grown :)



We're blossoming into the new week, with some sweet simple joys, and so excited for the growth of our plants, garden, and looking forward to going out tomorrow to get some sweet treats :) We hope everyone enjoyed a nice weekend :) We enjoyed the weekend, very much :) during the evening yesterday, my mom and dad treated Holly and i to some Chinese food :) it's very nice, and sweet of them :) Holly and i each had spring rolls, with white rice, and my mom and dad got some chicken nuggets for me from burger king :)Holly and i enjoyed our dinner, we thanked my mom and dad :) it was such a nice peaceful weekend, and we're so happy and excited for the countdown to the 4th of July holiday next weekend :) it's a very exciting time of the year, summer season is blossoming all around, and there's an amazing spirit and excitement all around with the festivities, and traditions of summer time :) it began to get hot outside yesterday, and we knew as the new week arrived, we'd have to take very good care, keeping hydrated, and cool and comfortable as we can :)



This morning, we had a great new day, rising and shining :) We've been enjoying the month of June, so very much, lots of nature walks, and gardening this month, as our garden areas have been taking shape :) We love sharing in, and celebrating the spirit of the season with everyone :) i was up early this morning, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) the sun was rising up, and our windows and curtains were glowing bright, from the sunrise sunshine :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, for our nature friends :) They love gathering the goodies :) we love seeing our nature friends visiting our yard, and garden :) There's an amazing nature energy all around :) i love being in the bird sanctuary area and i can see off into the distance lots of trees, and all of the trees across the back of our backyard, it's awesome, the spirit of nature :) i walked over to our garden area, to check in on our plants :)



it's incredible, to see how much the plants have grown :) it's absolutely sweet nature wild!!! :) our zuchinni, yellow squash, string beans, snap peas, pumpkins, gourds, peppers, tomatoes, carrots, are all flourishing :) Each day the plants are growing more and more :) We're so happy and excited to see everything growing, and looking forward to picking fresh garden goodies :) the string beans plants, are having their own garden growing races! :) hehe! :) the string beans vines,begin to wrap amongst the garden fence, and begin to grow amongst the fence, it's like the plants are seeing who can make it to the top of the fence first! :) nature, and gardening is so much fun! :) we have more zuchinni growing, along with more bell peppers, banana peppers, and we have 5 carrots plants flourishing :) it's so exciting, a nature and gardening first for us, growing carrots :) our fruit trees, and grapevines are doing great, and we have many raspberries growing and ripening in the sunshine :) it's so nice picking some fresh sun ripened raspberries to enjoy, they are very sweet :) The raspberries have these sweet flavor to them, it's great :)



in our front yard garden, we have lots of sunflowers, flowers plants, our snowball bush beginning to grow new blossoms, and also lots of snap peas, peppers plants, our popcorn plants, cucumber plants, and tiger lillies, with wild daisies all doing very well :) We're super pumped up and excited for all of these awesome gardening joys, that brings our hearts spirit soaring excitement : )We planted many varieties of flowers plants, and will be so exciting to see the flowers blossoming this summer season :) we have a wave of tiger lillies blossoming by our snowball bush, and some tiger lillies blossoming in our backyard garden too :) it's a very rewarding feeling, gardening, and all of the joy it brings throughout the season :) we love tending our garden, and finding the right times to tend the plants during these very hot and humid days, as we love being in our garden, and even though our time in the garden is limited on these scorching hot summer days, we're so proud of the plants, their growing energy, and we look forward to lots more gardening as the season goes on :) it was so nice, going out for an early sunrise nature walk, and seeing some birds visit our yard :) We're loving the gardening season, and sharing our yard, and garden with everyone :) happy nature, and garden season smiles :)



Early Garden tending, and sweet joys of the new week blossoming :) around 9:30am, Holly and i went outside to tend our plants, as we wanted to tend our plants early before the weather got very dangerously hot and humid. We moved my mom's petunia's flowers planter, to a nice shaded area in our yard, so that the blossoms and plant will be ok :) in 2018, we had a heatwave, and the sunshine and heat burned the blossoms. the plant was ok, but took about a month before it grew new blossoms. we're so glad and thankful we moved my mom's petunia's plant today :) Holly and i gave our plants a really good soaking with the water, so that they'd be replenished, through this very hot and humid weather. i took some pictures while we were out there, in our yard and garden :) We brought water bottles outside with us, and we also have lots of gatorade to keep us hydrated too : )We weren't outside for too long, but are so glad we went out early, to tend our plants, as it did get very much hotter as the morning and afternoon went on. We've been keeping mostly indoors, safe, and are so thankful for our AC, and air purifier we have that helps protect us from our allergies, and helps keep Holly's asthma eased. :)



We put the sports radio on, American pickers show, and also browsing online at some coins, stamps, collectibles :) i've got some nice coins, and gifts i ordered online, arriving this week, and i love to browse for the latest deals, and coins news, i check out the coins and stamps forums too :) i've been enjoying some writing time, including writing a new letter :) i love my writing time, and so excited to continue to decorate my writing area :) Jenn and family enjoyed their camping adventure and returning home yesterday :) their dog Dixie was so excited to see them coming over to pick her up :) We're all thinking of the upcoming 4th of July holiday too, and hoping to have a nice BBQ cookout on the 4th of July, and i'd love to order a few more coins this week, to celebrate 4th of July, with some new coins additions to my collection :) my brother Bobby brought us some plant based chicken patties, that Holly will be able to have, for the 4th of July, my mom and dad love firing up the BBQ grill :) We hope it's great weather for the 4th of July :) we're looking forward to celebrating with everyone :)



We're enjoying a great day, blossoming into the new week :) my family, Holly,and i are doing well, healthy, and in great spirits :) We're keeping hydrated, and cool, on this very hot, and humid day. We're making sure our nature friends, and plants are doing ok :) We look forward to continuing to keep our plants replenished with water, as the heat-wave continues on this week, and making sure our nature friends have plenty of water, and goodies to enjoy :) Holly and i enjoyed a nice lunch, and tuning into the sports radio today, i'm also finishing up a new letter :) i love my writing time :) Tonight,Holly and i are going to watch some episodes of Mad Tv comedy show :) Tomorrow's sweet treats tuesday! :) We look forward to going out to get treats :) it's gonna be great going out, and getting our favorite treats, and also continuing to keep hydrated, and cool :) i'm going to do some more writing tomorrow, and also organizing my new coins :) keep healthy, safe, and strong everyone :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, and for the very special heart warming joy you all bring to our days, our hearts, and our lives :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm caring happy sunny sunflower friendship hug and blueberry iced coffee cheers! :) You all give us strength, hope, inspiring us to enjoy each day to the fullest <3 We're with you all, and will always be here anytime you all need us :) Thank you all, for brightening our days and making each day very special :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives :) We look forward to sharing in many more very special times, adventures, birthday's, holiday's, and all of the seasonal traditions and festivities with family, friends, nature walks, the wonderful spirit of the season, and blossoming more and more into the gardening season, and celebrating the month of June, as summer season continues to blossom :)



-never lose hope :)



To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying a great day, blossoming into the new week :) We're keeping cool, and drinking plenty of water, and gatorade :) We gave our plants a nice watering, and are tuning into some sports radio, and enjoying some nice writing time:) We're looking forward to going out to get treats tomorrow, and continuing to tend our plants, keeping them replenished, as the week goes on :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)



my mom says hello :) She says, "i hope everyone is doing well, in good health, and enjoying a really nice day" :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day as we blossom into the new week :) We hope everyone is keeping cool, and hydrated :) Wishing us all relief, from the very hot and humid weather. We're with you all, our dear angel friends, and are so very happy, thankful, and blessed, to have you all in our lives :) Thank you all for brightening our days :)


Super Mega Garden Growing!!! :) oh my! :) our plants are super growing and flourishing, as the summer season continues to blossom :) it's a scorching hot summer day, our plants are soaking up the summer sunshine. Holly and i went outside early to water our plants, and i gave them 1 more soaking this late afternoon too. The plants needed extra water. We also refilled our bird bath with cold water twice, for our nature friends. our plants and nature friends are doing well, and we're keeping cool and hydrated. i took some pictures of our plants this morning, when Holly and i went outside :) it's amazing, how much the plants have grown :) We look forward to tending our plants again early tomorrow morning :) keeping cool and hydrated everyone :)  sunny summer greetings, from our garden! :)


Our plants enjoying the watering :)


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our garden on the side of our driveway :)


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Yellow squash growing! :)


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Sunflower :) 


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new sunflower sprouts :) 


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Granny smith apple :) we have lots of apples growing on our tree :) 


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winesap apples :) 


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String beans vines growing amongst the garden fence :) 


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CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are doing well and keeping cool. Very hot where I am around 94 with a feels like temp of 104 at times Its great you've been taking good care of the garden and your nature friends too All your plants and flowers are looking great Some nice looking apples there in the photos. I know you're looking forward to getting treats tomorrow and the holiday weekend ahead. Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good evening Hugs to everyone-Stephanie
sunsetyellow2
sunsetyellow2

Hi Chris and Holly. It is very hot and humid here as well. We did hotdogs on the grill tonight so I wouldn't heat up the house cooking. We had watermelon and cantalope to go with the hotdogs. Everything tasted good. I made chili dogs out of the hotdogs. I found some hotdog sauce in the cupboard. John really liked them.

Worked on church books this afternoon. I will be super busy the next two months with the Pastor gone and me filling in.

Hope you and Holly have a great evening. We are staying cool and hydrated. I have been drinking ice water.

Your garden is amazing. Your plants are sure getting big. I hope your carrots do well. I never planted them in a container. I will be interested to see how they do. I may buy carrots to can this fall. It will depend if I can get jar lids. I have to can pickles this year and corn. I have enough green beans so I won't need to can them. I also will have to can salsa and whole tomatoes. Hopefully I will be able to get jar lids.

Gotta go clean up the kitchen and put the grill away. Have a great evening.

Hugs
John and Debbie
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

Hi Chris, I'm glad that you planned on getting out early to water and weed the garden, please be careful and make sure to stay hydrated!!
Everyhting looks so amazing and healthy :-) you are both doing very well and will enjoy some fresh veggies very soon, :-)
Enjoy your special treats today, ;-) Hugs, Jeannie
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

when the world seems overwhelming and i need a place to see joy, i come to your journal and my eyes rest on your calm, refreshing photos. thanks for all of your pictures over the years:) you're a kind and gentle soul. i'm so happy that i found you. you're a treasure to me. truly. i hope that you and Holly and family have a relaxing week ahead.