No snow here in fact I’ve never seen snow . Yep when I see some countries are sweltering and it’s cold here, it doesn’t make sense. today as we speak at 2.30 pm it’s about 9c ( 48f ) here with wild winds ( still ) it’s been blowing a gale for days . This is the rainwater catchment right across the road from my home it’s so full , the water runs out to sea where you may be able to see a pointy tree ( beach ) I just took this photo in between rain / hail
By my mailbox flower bed there was a tall plant I almost pulled as a weed. Then I noticed these tiny white spots on the stems. I had to put on my reading glasses and look through a magnifying glass to see the flower clearly. I tried to take a picture through the magnifying glass but that didn't work. This small piece of the original photo is zoomed in a great deal. The blossoms 'walk' up the stem - one fading and the next above it blooming. It's a cool plant and probably seldom noticed by anyone. It's the fourth wildflower I've rescued from my yard that wasn't in the store-bought mix I planted. Next year I'm not going with the wildflower mix but will hunt for the specific wildflowers I want not mixed with anything else. With the veggies I'll avoid watermelon, cantaloupe and okra which try to take over the vegetable bed. My tomatoes are not doing well but I picked and cooked up a quart of very good stringbeans. As a novice gardener I've made every mistake I could make with my garden this year because I won't read any how-to and I won't ask advice from experienced gardeners. I learn the hard way, I guess, by just jumping into a thing I know little about. That makes for adventures.