Halfway Over

On the last week of July here in Summer Tourist Season, n I'm hoping the aggravation is half over.

The humid heat, plus the work difficulties are really tiring me out in my free time. Everyone at work is so overtired it is pathetic. I'm one of the lucky folks insisting on getting both my Days Off.
I will blink n the extra work bucks will be gone on bills anyhow.

I haven't made it out to the garden to water as often as I should in the heat, n the strawberries n pea plants quickly dried up after I did the first pickings. Past years here the yield kept going on those longer.

At least re-planting in the early-disappeared bean plants spaces has paid off in several pounds of green beans for a few weeks at least, one thing I won't be compelled to buy at the market.

I've squeezed in a few toe-dipping trips before errands but really there is no time to sit n relax. I have yet to jump all the way in this year, because  need to go to the store after, n my long hair will look messed up. I like getting to rinse it out after real swimming.

I never got to a beach this week, as heavy rains were forecast, but here we got nothing while floods n tornadoes happened in the western part of the state. I still needed to water the garden.

Blogland has gotten very quiet!
At least I can keep up with it, but FB seems hopeless with  the reading. Both of my grown daughters are posting Monarch butterfly caterpillars in habitats , Chrysalis,  n release stages again this summer. They got many folks interested in doing that too.
All I'm finding are beetles on the milkweed i have here. This is also the first year with no problems of caterpillars eating my Petunias out front. 

Yesterday, I saw  the first, lone, honey bee with loaded legs flying by me while out on the porch! Finally! I'm glad to see proof  there must be a hive nearby.


I have seen some hummingbirds around, n they will be eating the Rose of Sharon out back for the rest of the summer. I will try to get more rest n toe-dipping in before the season is over. I will try not to dwell on lost garden booty n enjoy what I can get.

Hope you get to enjoy the fruits of your labors n free time this season....

This pic used for altering is from a water walk 2 weeks ago. I didn't get to do alot of versions this week, but you get the pick of the crop here.

Busy Hot Time

Third week of July now, n I am finally stopping to catch my breath!

Made it to my Fave beach with some family on the 4th.

Looks like we can put those little folks into the bucket...

Later on we went to a free, outdoor concert at the village bandshell. After there was BBQ food waiting at a nearby home.  All in all a pretty good day, even without big fireworks.

Errands got pushed to the second day that week.
Work has been non-stop 10 - 12 hour shifts for everyone. Even so it is tough getting the delivery out in time. I would like overtime in sleep instead!

But there have been more rescue puppies, n one more older dog returned. The traffic to the beach down the street from here has been constant, n so has the summer noise.

Last Days Off were full of more family visits n beach trips. It has been steamy here the past few weeks, to say the least!

I have skipped doing pics n the library too these past few weeks. Humidity is due back in a couple more days, tho today was wonderful. At least the laundry dried.

I was going to post these on the 4th holiday week, but work just wiped away all the extra time I had!

So that explains the theme of today's altered fun...

After running out of time to play with more recent photos, I decided to put up what I had done from that week, n just use one beach pic unaltered.

At the free concert of an Eighties cover band they had the bandshell area decorated with these pinwheels for the holiday.

I really like this one.

Altered pics are all from this one!

Back to staying cool...