Summertime will be official on Friday...

....but it already feels verrry "Summer"! Record heat & big winds have made the gardens and the gardeners struggle! We are so thankful to have a well to provide water for our drip irrigation in all of our gardens; drought conditions have resulted in big costs for city water! We are ever mindful of our water usage in these crazy dry times! The flowers are all looking terrific suddenly. The vegetables? Not so terrific, but they are hanging on and will eventually yield some good stuff. The wind is just so harsh on their tiny leaves! Captain and I have been doing some rock work to define a new area which used to be the main driveway for the property. No longer a driveway, we are beginning to plant some nice landscape trees and shrubs here. Some hardscaping will soon follow. We have enjoyed a terrific week with Nate's crew here from Ft Worth! Abby and Ben were such fun! Abby planted some ornamental corn which is now 8" tall! And we went out for her first High Tea - Abby, Sara, Granny & I - very special! Grubepop blew up the inflatable pool and we did some cooling off there! Silly splashy times! And Ben ate! Handsome little Ben is a voracious little eater, what with those four (!!) teeth of his! Such a handsome little fella! And we had the whole local crew here for Melli's birthday - green chile cheeseburgers....quintessential NM Summer fare!! Here are a few pictures of this & that.