Summertime.......

....and the livin' is easy........

Okay, we don't have fish or cotton, but the tomato plants are going crazy

though no sign of anything red yet.  My wave petunias had to be moved

because the extremely high winds we have almost every night were just beating the daylights out of them.  They are starting to recover, and I hope they'll start draping down the pot soon--or I should say draping AGAIN as the original draping branches are now several miles downwind.  I love petunias--largely because I can grow them reasonably successfully and they go all summer long--but right now my favorite flowers are the carnations:

They're draping down the pot quite nicely--which was a surprise.  Actually, the carnations themselves were a surprise as I planted them last year and got no flowers whatsoever.  They look a bit silly, but they smell great.  A really spicy sent--sort of like allspice or cloves.  Too bad there aren't more of them, but one can't be too choosy with freebies.  Maybe when I've got a better grasp on what I'm doing I'll worry about whether or not my flowers grow vertically or horizontally, but so far I'm really just thrilled when I don't kill them.....