Blooms

It's been a week (since I last posted) and it's been a week.  We're all okay, basically, but the summer has taken a toll on everyone around here...except maybe Saint Tim...who's a summer loving freak...and that's all I'm saying about that...freak ;-).

Hank has had issues with the heat and also has an ulcerated lesion on one elbow that doesn't want to heal.  Salt ended up with an abscess on a foot that is slowly healing.  Tilly still has her ongoing band aid butt.  Renny got an infected hair follicle that had to be lanced.  Big Moose got a cough that needed doctoring and now Frankie's got a hitch in his get-along.  I'm getting a hitch in my get-along just trying to doctor on everyone :-o.

So it's raining AND pouring...but not actually rain...which we could use.  So how about some pictures of some of my birds, bees and butterfly plants?

Sunflowers.

Pink buckwheat.

White buckwheat - flowers and grains.

Milkweed mixed in with the white and pink buckwheat.

These are the short sunflowers.  Somehow I got some packets that were supposed to 12' and 15' feet tall.  These are the 12's, but they are probably only 10' tall. 

The 15's are probably 12' but still a pretty darn tall plant and kind of fun.

I planted milkweed, dill and parsley for monarchs and swallowtails.  The birds and the wasps are getting them all :-(.

I guess I should start bringing them in to the safety of the porch when I find them, but honestly...I'm maxed out right now...and I feel bad about that...on top of everything else.  Maybe things will settle down this week.

A friend posted on IG that every day there is "one less day of summer".  We (except Saint Tim) are feebly counting it down to ZERO.