It was so nice today I decided to get out the weed whacker and get down to business. One of these days we’ll get a new one. This one is really broken as the string part won’t advance anymore when you tap it on the ground. I think I’ve had this one almost as long as we lived here and my mom has had about 3-4 since then. I have much more to clear away than she does.

I tend to overdo it and plugged in the heating pad for my sore back tonight. I did make a nice dinner with ham steak, red potatoes with Italian parsley and dill from my herb bed and green beans and peaches.

Zoey asked me if I had any King coleus-that’s the one I just purchased yesterday! Today I took off some of the bottom leaves plus the flower stalks. You don’t want coleus to flower-similar to basil. I don’t think it needs repotting. I think I have about 5 varieties now.

This is the time of year I start moving things around, even flowers that are coming up from seed. I dug up a few Mexican sunflowers and added them to the lily bed as the lilies will be gone before I know it and Mexican sunflowers are a gorgeous orange.

I have not seen one hummingbird this year! I have red salvia and other flowers I thought would attract them. In fact, I mainly see cat birds and a few cardinals.

I’m pretty sure my mom is coming tomorrow. Either Sean will get her if he goes to school to sell back his text book or she’ll drive herself. He is finished now at that branch of PSU. He’s almost a junior. He is short about 5 credits as he had dropped the Trig last semester and didn’t carry a full load one semester. We are going up to the main campus in a few weeks-it’s about 3 hours away. I can’t believe two years has gone by.