Nearly Wordless Wednesday - May 27, 2026

 The weather's been strange.  A few days ago it was nearly 90°, then yesterday only had a high of 60° with rain.  The evening before was so windy it blew down my peas (there weren't doing well anyway), and two panels of a sort of half fence separating the back yard from the far back yard.  The section on the left was down too, but I propped it back up to get it off the plants.   

The tomatoes were loving the heat. They have grown SO much since May 18th's post!  

The iris are gone and daylilies are starting to take their places.  Good, I like them better than iris, and they have a much longer bloom time.  On the left is Black-Eyed Stella, and I forget what the one on the right is.  

This bee was getting some last minute nectar from the wild blackberries before the rain started in earnest.  I tried to get rid of the blackberries, and was successful for quite a few years, then they snuck in among the roses and I didn't notice.  

This is one of my cheap clearance Walmart violas.  I knew they'd come back fine.

These are growing in the new front bed that the neighbor cats were using.  Yes, were, past tense!  Liquid Fence Dog and Cat Repellent (ready to use) works!

 KICKIN® Carmine Red aster is blooming early, a bit rufflier, and the growth is more just single tall stems leaning over. 

The grass in the back had been neglected all winter, and spring until recently.  My son uses the weed-eater and complained the electric one didn't do well, so we got a gas one that is much more powerful.  There is still a lot of eating of the weeds to go.  We wanted to get the worse of them down, including some fox tails.  

To thank him for his work so far, I bought my son a Mellelo's coffee.  The drive-through is not nearby, so we went to the closest shop.  While I waited in the car I took these photos.  This particular coffee shop is in one of the upscale planned developments (a phrase I always find odd, because aren't all developments planned?) with a big city park.  Oh, excuse me, they call it a "master planned" community. 

There are three bronze elk, the one on the right can't be seen in this first photo.