Remember how it was a heat wave in the 90s?  Now it’s actually cold out, in the 50s with lows in the 40s, like a chilly fall day.  Also, the cicadas were silent this morning, apparently chilled into shutting up for a moment.  So strange to hear yourself think.

Here are the latest bloomers, including this delicate poppy and the first squash blossom.

I’ve been cleaning up and planting perennial flowers and ferns around the front of the house, to bring it up to speed for showing eventually.  Here’s some of it so far.

E has been painting the back hallway from ugly gun metal gray to light blue with white trim.  Here’s the “before”.