It's Summer

The temps soared into the low 90's F today like someone flipped a switch. It feels more like July than May! The dogs just mosey around the yard, stand under the hose, drink a lot and spend most of the time napping. When they twitch, I wonder if they are dreaming of playing in the snow?

I'd forgotten about this video of them in the snow a couple of years ago, but I found it and uploaded it to youtube this week.


I have so much gardening I want to do, but I have to pace myself when it is this hot. Even watering, weeding and some transplanting seems like a major workout. My teatime treat to revive me has been an icy glass of Pimm's and ginger ale with some lemon and mint!

Yesterday, I tried to give the dining room a summery look as I tidied up. I put some glass net floats in the wire basket for a centerpiece. You can see one in the above picture. I always thought of them as Japanese net floats, but looking up their history online starting at Wikipedia, it turns out they were first made by the Norwegians. The two I have on the table actually are Norwegian, based on their markings.