It just keeps getting hotter!  We’re frying here.

Of course, this is the week my son’s AC decided to fail again, after a couple of very expensive recent “fixes” already.  The unit is ancient and needs replacement, an impossibly costly prospect, on top of all the other urgent repairs and expenses he’s facing.  He is not happy, and I feel for him.  Sometimes life is too much.  I’m just glad he was up to coming over and working from here.  (And joining us for E’s early BD cake, baked by YT.)

I had another native wildflower first this week–my Passiflora (passion flower) bloomed for the first time.  I hope it survives and thrives next year.  It’s such a gorgeous, exotic-looking hardy native vine.  Here are some other natives, and a domesticated cat chilling in the heat.