@loribmt Lori, what a darling little tree frog! And your flower photos or so awesome. Love the bees, especially that guy with the huge load of pollen. Thankyou for planting all those bee- attracting flowers. The planet thanks you too.

Your pictures delight me! The cosmos curled up here in the heat. My frog is not so cute - about the size of my palm and warty, but he's a noisy happy guy by the pond.
Sue

Lori, I love your photos!!! I can just see a quilt! Have you started yet?

Hello, Lori. Sooooo beautiful. Love the colors.

My sweet neighbor knocked on my door yesterday and worked on my patio for an hour or so cleaning up dirt mounds from all the last couple weeks flooding, the growing seeds from my birds, and things that can become projectiles. She won't accept any payment! She wants to help, as a neighbor. How dear. This has helped us get to know each other better and given her an outlet to help, given me an opportunity to be appreciative and accept help. Love it. I plan to give her a plant, as she mentioned her patio is barren, wishes it was full like mine! So, I'll get her started...

Bird feeders have a tough time during our rainy season. I did about a half hour cleaning and refilling, half-way. It gets clumpy, moldy, and yucky, and a mess. I put them out with WD 40 on the tops and hangers. Fun and sad to see the squirrels slide down as they work so hard to get that food. Eventually, they've made it to all of them one way or another. I have to get some baffles and someone to put them higher and out on the limbs a bit so they can't stretch from a limb to get the food. I'm determined, but also realize they may beat me!

Rob has an eye infection, took him to Crucial Care again. We're getting to be friends, the staff and us. I'm so thankful for them. They have emergency room ability, CAT scan, X-ray, labs, etc. So helpful to keep us out of the hospital ED, and very competent. just don't want to include in extended family!

PCP today for both of us. Tomorrow, I'll be a Mayo all day for nephrology tests and consult with infectious disease re UTI I'm fighting now and infections this last year. Good thing, but full day. Resting now and tomorrow.

Thank you and all for the support you give me and others. It means so much.
You know, I'm impressed by each of you. You have very challenging and serious health issues and deal with them beautifully, with difficulty as do we all, but with determination and positive outlook. Impressive, my friends.
Bless you all.
elizabetn

@loribmt I so love Cosmos!! They are so graceful and soothing. I don't have enough sun to grow them now. thanks.