That KoKo Dog 09-02-17

After a visit to my doctor yesterday (with a clean bill of health) I backed into my garage and the car thermometer read 108F.  The official count for Placentia was 104F, but it seemed hotter than that.  My A/C is still working, but continues to drip water on the floor of the garage.  The A/C man is a bit busy right now and I am hoping he has some spare time soon.  I have towels down to make a dam so the water doesn't run all over the place. 

 

KoKo doesn't seem to notice the heat much, although he does lay down on the cement when we are walking.  We have walked as late as 10:15pm when the temp dropped to less than 85F, but it is still too hot for me and I come home wringing wet after only 20 minutes.  He still wants to play most of the day which keeps me from doing things I need to do.  He plays with lots of his different toys, although he usually prefers Froggie.  Today he was dragging the doggie toy around and took a nap with Snakie. 

 

Doggie and Froggie

 

Taking a nap with Snakie

 

Down for the night with Froggie

 

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Wordless Wednesday on Thursday! 08-31-17

Flowers at Roger's Gardens in Corona del Mar 08-29-17

Hard to know what to photograph among such gorgeous plants.  Here are a few I admired.  More in the future. 

Dahlias in a pot.

Coneflowers in a raised bed.

Don't know the name of these.

 Dymondia margaretae  This is a groundcover that I have been thinking of using in my front yard in place of ugly grass.  It can be walked on, but not for high traffic areas. 

Mandevilla sanderi  "Faire Lady" in hanging pot.

 Mandevilla sanderi  "Faire Lady"  DETAIL

 

Echibeckia "Summertime Orange"

 

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Summer Sun 08-28-17

While Texas is flooding Southern California is having a heat wave - no rain in sight.  But September and early October can be some of our highest temps.  Just have to take it easy and not get sun stroke.

 

 

This is from Clipart.com

 

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Quilt by Holly Knott in TCQC 08-27-17

This quilt was added to TCQC in 2006 and is one of many tree quilts in the Collection.

 

"Birch Grove 2"  Holly Knott 2004  24.5"W x 42"L

Cotton fabric, hand painting, raw edge applique, machine quilted. 

http://hollyknott.com/

 

Nice label, including "may be ironed".

 

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I previously posted this quilt at

http://delquilts.blogspot.com/search/label/Holly%20Knott

 

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Saturday Stories - Pomegranates 08-26-17

 

When Diane and her sister Marie were living with their grandparents in Los Angeles during WWII they prowled the neighborhood with their school friends.  The street dead ended into Poppy Peak which seemed enormously tall to us.  There was a trail to the top through cactus and chapperel, but they were not permitted to climb it alone.  Once when they went with their uncle they saw tarantulas and there were rattlesnakes in the rocks.    Their grandparents house had an alley along the back where the one car garages were located.  They knew all the neighbors and their animals - dogs, cats, goats, chickens, rabbits.  One house had a pomegranate tree that hung over the back fence and the kids helped themselves to every pomegranate that grew on the alley side of the fence.  Sometimes they even reached under the fence and stole a few more.  The only things Diane can remember they did with them was to eat them out of hand or juice them in the jelly sieve their grandmother used when she canned.  After the war and the move back to Oregon the sisters traveled by train back to Los Angles to visit their grandparents.  For some reason they always visited in August and the pomegranates were always ripe.  One of Diane's neighbors has a pomegranate tree in their front yard and every year she helps herself to just one.  She feels like a seven year old again!

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Friday Feet 08-25-17

This foot is the hostess at the Farmhouse. She says the shoes are so comfortable she is going back to Target to buy some more.

 

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