It's Tuesday And August

 Greetings, Blogger Buds. Even though it's August and hot here, please stroll through the garden with me.

The crepe myrtles are in bloom.

 

The hibiscus is blooming too.

 The Brown-Eyed Susans and hibiscus are starting to hide (maybe shield) the garden fairy.

 The hydrangeas are making their last hurrah. As you know the color is dependent on the soil. All three of these are just a few feet apart, so I find their final colors fascinating.

 

 

You can tell from these pics I haven't turned the mulch nearly as often as I should have. 😐 What do you think it is? The baby girl and I thought tomatoes.

And later. 

Yup. Cherry tomatoes.

We got six inches of rain in two days. Who'd a thought?

In The Kitchen....

If it isn't easy. I don't fix it. 😊

These apples were easy. Apples, butter, honey and cinnamon cooked on top the stove. I used two tablespoons of honey with honey crisp apples, which for me--with these particular apples--made them a little too sweet. But still good:)

AND I brushed sweet corn with olive oil, added salt and braised it in the skillet. The meatless item is a steaklet and one of the best plant based meat(less) items I've had.

 AND

Okay I'm officially and totally grossed out.  I was pulling the various 'junk' (that normally consists of leaves) out of Frank's bushy tail and discovered I was pulling out a slug.  Ack. Ack. Ack. It wasn't a small one either.😧That tail is like a feather duster for the great outdoors.

What about you, blogger buds? Got flowers? Cats? Easy meals? Slugs?