Fresh flowers.

It’s been a long time since we’ve had flowers in the house.  Or in the yard, for that matter. We usually have steady stream of zinnias from our patch out back that bloom through the summer.  But not this year.  The heat this summer seems relentless and is sucking the life out of everything, including me.  I have been taking photos from time to time during the week, but for whatever reasons, haven’t felt compelled to post anything here in a while.

It’s so cliche to complain about the heat, but I’m going to.  The weathermen tell me tonight that we’ve just wrapped up the hottest July on record in Austin since they started keeping records in 1854.  Of the 31 days in July, only 2 were under 100 degrees –  but just barely, at 99.   The first day of August is another record setter, and the hottest day this year, at 107.   I had to stop, rewind and replay the DVR while watching the news tonight when I heard this one… current temp during the 10pm local newscast was 95 degrees.  Sheesh.

This was a bad year for our sprinkler system to be out of commission.  Hand-watering is such a pain – and takes more time out of an already busy day.  The lawn is shot and we are now focused on keeping the stressed out trees alive.

Well, that brings me back to the fresh flowers.  I saw these hydrangeas yesterday at HEB and they seemed so pretty and soft and such a sharp contrast to what I see outside,  I just had to bring a bunch home.