You Reap what you Sow

[ursulas_alcove]

It's been a heck of a week. Lately, it's been quite depressing to be an American. The government is not functional. There has been a lot of cruelty and incompetence. Crimes have been committed on a massive scale. Climate change is with us for good now. Just remember that this is the coolest summer for the rest of your life.

It's raining again - wasn't predicted. I got some garden pictures before it hit.



Found a deer in the backyard yesterday. It ate my cucumber vine tips. Probably also the cherry tree bark. What I learned from the deer is that 4:30 in the afternoon is safe from the skunks but also is the hottest time of the day.



The Mexican Sunflowers are attracting Monarch butterflies. We've never had monarchs here before. Usually it is just swallowtails, luna moths at night, and a brown butterfly with big spots on its wings. The kids call this the butterfly house. That was because of cabbage moths. Do today's kids still feel a sense of wonder at seeing nature or is it all about AI and video games?