Celebrate June

Happy June everyone!  I cannot believe that it is the 12th already!  I had a wonderful birthday ~ we (Amy and I and our friend Rhonda) had carryout Chinese and I made strawberry shortcake.  Delicious and fun.

We had a MAJOR rain event last night and thank goodness our new front yard stayed in place!!!! Supposedly 6 inches of rain fell in a couple of hours and it was torrential.  I took a photo of our back yard:

There was quite a bit of standing water, but the french drains worked and this morning the ground was wet but not soggy.

It was very hot last weekend and Amy brought out the new dog pool, which really works for humans.  It was really nice to paddle our feet in the cool water and the dogs love it!  Loki would not get in.  Blue thinks he is a fish and Gypsy likes to jump in and out.

Amy put together the newest Adirondack chair ~ she said it was incredibly difficult and the instructions were not helpful at all.  I love the chair!

Check out the quilt that Rhonda made for me!  She says it is her first ever Traditional style quilt ~ I love it.

Amy and I planted more plants in the front yard ~ we were visited by deer over night and evidently we are offering a smorgasborg.  We will plant the rest tomorrow morning and I will send pictures.

Check out the cocoon on my Shasta Daisy

First Golden Cherry tomatoes have appeared

Mango Italian ice

There was a guy with a little cart across the street from where I work ~ he has never been there before and he was selling what he called "Cocolina's".  I got Mango ~ it was delicious.

I hope everyone is safe and healthy and wearing masks!!!!!!!! 

Love,
Leslie