July's End

Mom said that I had to start putting up something again. These days, no one knows you exist if you don't post to the web. So, ok, I'll post. Hello. Missed you. This is the backyard. You'll notice the pool. More green, as it has rained a great deal since I last posted. The plastic table is often out there on the grass. It serves more as a towel hanger than a regular sitting place. The thing about Florida grass is that it attracts all kinds of Florida insects and you often get bitten by annoying little flies if you sit there for too long. But we do it sometimes. Especially at night when it has cooled down and we can light the tiki torches. We have done a lot of work on the yard this summer. You can't see any of it in the photo above. Except for the new grass we seeded, which you can't really see, but is there. The flowers you see on the right side have been there since last March and April. Many of them were grown from seed. The kids are two weeks from starting school. They will spend them participating in Art Camp at the The Art Center, where Marcela is also going to be, teaching classes on bookmaking. They are a little bored this past week. We have seen some friends and done a lot, going to visit a new earth friendly home being built in Manatee County south of here, and watching a terrific story teller at the public library, but they are done. They are ready for kids their own age and structure and all the trapping of school. Who can blame them? Yesterday Marcela and I transplanted a bunch of flowers that the kids and I found at a roadside flower stand, cheap of course. I've put photos at our fickr site. The summer, so far, has been mild, a few real scorchers here and there, but nothing too persistent.  More next week!