T Stands for Last Week This and That

 Hi everyone.

T Day has rolled around once again, and it is time to catch up on life and share our drink related posts over at Bleubeard's and Elizabeth's blog . And it is the first day of the actual summer season if you read this on Tuesday. The longest day of 2022 is here or just about here. 

While some of you are in the heat and humidity, last week we had some wonderful summer weather. Most days weren't too hot or humid (around 75 or so   degrees F or around 24 degrees C) , so over the week I spent a lot of time in my big perennial garden doing some  plant editing. I've had this garden for at least 25 years, and every few years I need to edit. If the weather hadn't been so beautiful I would have let it go, but it was perfect weather for being outside. The garden looks better now that there is a little space between some of the plants. Of course I forgot to take a pre-editing photo, but  you'll have to take my word that it was just one solid jumble of plants before. Much more overgrown than it is now at least.

I have never been any good at getting a lot of color at once, but there's a few things blooming that don't show up here as they are not big and flashy.  Just the greens and textures are pretty though.

And this past weekend it was chilly with highs only around 59 degrees (around 15 degrees C), so it was also a good time to clean out the bee garden that is still in progress. This is a new garden I started at the end of last summer.

My side yard has been taken over by ferns, as has the bee garden.

 The garden is the area  in the bottom right of the above photo, just above the bees. I needed to pull out a lot of ferns so the plants I put in can get enough sun to grow.

After I pulled out the ferns and some weeds,  it looked better.  Don't look too far because beyond this garden is a mix of tall weed grasses and more of those invasive ferns.  I wasn't being super fussy  weeding because I don't want this garden to be formal. In fact, if it ends up looking like a field of flowers (instead of a field of ferns), I'll be happy.

And as I mentioned in a post last week, I also spent a little time trying to get the new art space organized. Actually the organizing took less time than the cleaning and purging that went with it. 

 

It was a busy week, and I accomplished a lot. By Thursday I wanted to do something different however; so I decided to go pick some strawberries. 

Picking was excellent, even though the early berries are usually a bit on the smaller size. These berries were  yummy though. 

This year the strawberry farm has a couple of new residents.

Mrs. Peahen was tucked away behind a tree, but Mr. Peacock was sitting out for all to see. He is a handsome guy.

The farm I visited grows many kinds of fruit. A few years back they opened a bakery and cider mill where they sell fresh made cider donuts and their own cider. 

Maddie was at doggie daycare that day, but Pete was at home waiting for me. I thought he'd like a few bites of a still warm cider donut for a mid-morning snack. Hee-hee.

I had a small glass of milk with the pieces of the donut that Pete didn't eat. Smile.

This is my link to T day this week, and also the end of my post. Thank you for visiting. I hope you have a great T day and week ahead.