High Tide/Low Tide 4"x4" Collage, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

Sean is off today and neither of us can get our act together. I told him I’d like to take him out for dinner as he’s worked so hard at Wally World lately having to hold down the fort when 7 people called out the same day. He is still sending out resumes for other jobs in his field of study.

I had these adorable turtle stickers and wanted to use them for the longest time. I picture these as Sea turtles wanting to go back to the ocean after they hatch from their eggs on the beach. I know that they have bigger flipper feet, but I found the high/low tide sticker, so they are Sea turtles to me.

It’s warm out, but not real humid. Enough is enough. I got so use to the cooler temps and feel so sleepy when it’s this warm.

Run and Walk 4" x 4" Collage, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

We are in the midst of our 8th heatwave here in s.e.Penna. I think the weather person said like day 47 in the 90s. I really don’t like watering things anymore, but I do anyway. I think of all the bending and stooping I did over the course of the last few months.
I went to Longwood Gardens a few days ago and hardly saw one butterfly. I look out my back bay window and it’s a butterfly paradise! Wow! They really love the Butterfly bush.
I hope you like my Collage card for today. I just finished it up not even 2 hours ago. I didn’t want to waste the music I had taken out of the kid’s music book so that’s the background. Then I really had to think about the subject, so I used my mom’s pooch Kelsey’s head-lol. What else do you take for a run and a walk. ; )

Mosiac Frame, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

I was hoping to go through photos to find a natural frame-maybe I will, but this will have to do. It’s a mosaic frame I made as a gift to my mom a few years back. The china pieces were all that were left of my maternal grandparents’ good china. I know I have shown this before, but I still love to look at this. My grandfather passed away when I was a few months old, but I had my grandmom for 40 years! She was almost 97 when she passed away in 2000.

Angel Trumpets-favorite sighting of the day, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

Found in the Main Conservatory of Longwood Gardens. Love these!
Thanks for saying you like my Longwood photos Von! Much appreciated.

Huge Canna!, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

At least I am sure it’s a Canna Lily. It sure has leaves like one. Anyway, I wanted to show Zoey this plant as she likes plants with neat leaves too.

Late August Sunflowers, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

The buzz is that the bees are liking these! I’ve seen more butterflies than bees, but it’s always nice to see both kinds of insects!

Chocolate Sunflower, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

When I went to Longwood Gardens in May, they had a Chocolate exhibit and gave out a package of 5 ‘chocolate’ Sunflower seeds. I did plant them and I believe they all came up! I usually plant a circle of flowers which include not only the Sunflowers but also Zinnias and sometimes Cosmos. Deer ate most of the garden, but left these alone. I will have to save some seeds (I see the full head of seeds in my photo there).