It’s headed for the muggy 90s the next few days, and it feels like a sweat lodge already.  And yes, I do know first hand what a sweat lodge feels like.  All you can do is jump into an icy stream after that, or lacking a stream, AC.  Which I never take for granted.

Here are the latest finds out in the sauna.  The flowers are loving it, anyway.  The purple coneflowers (Echinacea) have started blooming.  Black-eyed susans (Rudbeckia) are open en masse, as are many squash blossoms.  I never get tired of the exotic-looking passionflowers (Passiflora).  The whole veg garden is full of volunteer marigolds and other flowers.  The leaf is sycamore (casualty of cicadas).  I’m glad I at least get to enjoy a summer of all these and more (minus cicadas), before we leave.