Blooms, heat, humidity, mosquitoes

Hello Folks ~ Hope you are all doing well, considering everything. It is HOT and HUMID and the mosquitoes are out in full force. I checked the temp and it says 89 degrees F, but the real feel is 106.  It is horrible out. I am so thankful for air-conditioning. I worked outside a tiny bit and couldn't handle it, it was making me feel sick with how oppressive it was.

I don't feel like doing anything at all, so I sat here and edited photos, wanting to get a new post up.

I got my new roses from 'Rose Petals Nursery' yesterday. They do an excellent job of packing their roses. The pots are stapled to the box from the outside with huge staples. Each pot is double wrapped in plastic bags, pots good and watered with wet newspaper on top. I had one little rose bloom. It was Mlle. Blanche Lafitte. I smelled her and was disappointed, as she didn't smell all that fragrant to me. But, this morning I smelled her again, and oh my goodness, absolutely wonderful. I think a lot of flowers smell their best in the morning. Plus these roses had been boxed up for at least a day in their traveling here.

Here she is. Mlle Blanche Lafitte.

Here they are on the front patio, late afternoon.

They all look good and have new growth on them. I look forward to seeing all of them in bloom and to smell all of their wonderful scents.

I was able to mow a last week, & soon after I came inside it lightly rained, then later we had heavy rain and T-storms, the next day also. Grass needs mowing again, but it will have to be done very early and maybe not even this week at all. The grass need to be dry when I mow or else it stick to the bottom of mower.

Now for some pics from Plum Cottage, inside looking out during a heavy rain. This is looking out over the scullery sink where I wash dishes, into the secret garden.

This is from inside here at my desk.

Lots of things are blooming, and everything is growing like crazy from all of the recent rain we've had.

'Dong Juan' roses.

'International Herald Tribune'

'Sweetheart Roses'

I'm not sure, but I think this is 'Ruth's Wavy'

'Queen Crepe'

Can anyone tell me what this is? The didn't know at the nursery where I got it.

'Fringed Hibiscus'

Tadpoles galore.

'Tahitian Gardenias'

'Tropical Lilac' and vanda orchid 'Miss Joachim'.

White Plumbago

I will close with the following thought.

“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.”

Immanuel Kant

Love, hugs and prayers ~ FlowerLady