Dog Days

Well, we're officially in them--the dog days of summer!  And this summer it's especially doggy, with these 100 degree temps for a week or more and no rain!  The pond garden is leggy and brownish, but it's still my love.  The water lilies exploded this year thanks to the fertilizing, but the Water Hyacinths are again small and turning brown, from a combination of high PH and fish eating their roots.  If all goes according to history, I will be pulling them out soon!

Even though I haven't posted in a while, I have been taking pictures all along.  So here are some of them, with a wide shot  the pond this morning.  We finally got a big rain--so thankful!  But now plants are flattened in addition to being leggy and brown!!  LOL

Cardinal taking a bath with frog nearby.

Native Daylilies just beginning to bloom.

My son, Foster, took these of the bull frog and the Red Bellied Woodpeckers.  They are an adult male and his juvenile.  He is feeding his baby on a tree near the pond with black oil sunflower seeds from the bird feeder.