Just in time for the holiday heat wave, we had a new furnace/ac unit put into our house. Our old furnace was from the 60s and I was worried about it spewing fumes (it was getting close, it turns out, with some corrosion forming in bad places).
In the pot next to the ac upgrade, is this...
Which became this...
It went into a lunch salad with spinach, veggies, and some leftover cooked salmon. Just right for the 98 degree weather!
The catalpa is blooming.
Between the heat and the wind, the back yard is like being in a fragrant snowfall.
The neighbor's roses are in full bloom.