Janie Parrish

My tomatoes are finally coming in like crazy in the backyard garden. I have a few cucumbers, an eggplant and a few green beans as well. The season started out with a lot of rain, then it just decided to dry out, big time and I was worried about the garden, but it has rained here and there the past week and the garden is doing fine. Soon I’ll have squash and peppers as well.

This weekend was a scorcher, the high nineties all the way. It wasn’t really a problem, since I was at the beach and had access to the water and the air conditioner when needed. But now that the week has started, it is really becoming a bummer. The air conditioning in my car isn’t really up to speed and I’m suffering the whole way to work and back again.

Hopefully by the end of the week it will tone down just a bit. It is August, we expect it to be hot, but come on……………

I have been assured that this photo is real. What a cool shot this turned out to be, wish I could have seen it first hand, but photos are almost just as good. Check it out!

Today was the first time that I’ve seen a firefly during the daylight hours. It was in the middle of the day and I caught the darn thing climbing up my arm. It didn’t light up, but it did fly away quickly as soon as I opened my hand. Guess there is a first time for everything. I had heard that there was not going to be many fireflies this year, but we have plenty around my place!

This morning on the news, our local weather forecaster announced that our days are getting shorter, as of June 21st and that summer is now on it’s way out. How depressing is that, it took so long to get here and now it’s heading back to the dark and cold once again. And then there is Christmas to look forward to, sigh…….