summer in the desert

 

hi! this will be a long post, mostly pictures, and i am still recovering from the heat and the wind from yesterday!

 

we hit, over the past two days, 112 degrees under my patio! and the wind yesterday was at least 38 mph!

 

needless to say, umbrellas down, covering little plants that i could and hope that they didn't dry out too much. allergies up, debris flying all about. today was "damage control and trash patrol!"

a little cooler, 102 degrees, lol,  and the humidity was a little high.

 

this is Summer in the desert and this is what i saw last evening; it was just so beautiful, so many pictures, but the colours are marvelous don't you think?

 

this is summer in the desert.

 

 

reflection in the garage window

 

there is something to be said to Summer evenings in the desert. they can be just spectacular!

 

so beautiful,

 

changing minute by minute

 

 

as i was taking the pictures with my Blackberry phone at the front of the house and the back, as quickly as this beautiful sky showed these colours, they faded just as quickly.

and then it was gone, i was so happy to catch these pictures, but they really don't do justice to the true colours!

happy Tuesday! kat =^.^=



 

 

 



thrift store find, rooster display box

 

 

morning, and happy Monday!

 

this is about how long the deep scratch was on the top of this cutie rooster hinged box!

 

 

thought, i can fix, wasn't sure how, but got it for 2.00

 

here is what i did:

 

sanded the top and scratch out

 

popped some feet on it and painted them to match the box, nice muted brown.

 

used my porter cable sander, and regular craft paint with a little water.

 

love how he turned out! very vintage look now. hinges are great and working!

 

he is going in my new fashion warehouse "where i create" to hold my scissors!

 

 

nice large size container

 

funny when you are "organized", you can find those crafty items (wooden ball feet) i knew right where they were! lol

 

sorry i didn't take any before pictures, but trust me this was a deep line into the wood and i know that is why it ended up in the Goodwill store!

 

now, it wouldn't be normal if i didn't leave you with a couple of garden pictures, one of many passions, so here are a couple, my antique circa 1931 hollyhock plants from boulder city!

 i picked them up last year from the spring jamboree! these seeds came from the original plants! such a lovely muted pink! they will get about 5 feet tall wind permitting!

 

i am saving the seeds, but that is another post!

 

say hello to  my little friend! lol he was stuck in one of my food grade garden buckets!

 

 glad i found him to set him free! now all my buckets are on their sides so i won't accidentally trap any of these cuties!

 

 

my onions gone to seed!

 

gazania, in cali we called it the "freeway plant" heat lover, dosen't mind the wind either, well that's good!!

 

hugs kat =^.^=

 

 

 

party week!

 

 



I just love the next party! says it all! lol
 

History Sunday, "Boulder Dam " Construction circa 1936

history of the construction of the Hoover Dam



this is a long video but very interesting. One can only imagine how these men continued with the heat, the wind and the danger of building this site.

have a great Sunday! It will be 110 degrees here, the wind is up at 20 to 30 mph! So i'm am "in" today! lol I'm old enough to remember old Las Vegas and the "dustbowl" effect! Well it is the "W" word (wind) in all it's glory today! :)

hugs kat =^.^=

Stroll through the garden Saturday, grab your cuppa jo!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

nothing on Earth makes me as happy as strolling through my garden and yard every morning with my camera and my cuppa jo to see what has popped up!
 

Mother Nature is truly amazing, isn't she! Garden growth everyday in some form or another.

have a lovely weekend, kat =^.^= xo