July in the Garden

In lieu of Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day (two weeks ago), I present all the photos I took on Bloom Day but didn’t manage to actually post yet.

Things have been hot and dry here in Zone 6, and even the stalwart plants are droopy. Thankfully, we’ve gotten some steady light rain this afternoon and evening, and that seems to be perking things up a bit.

Back on July 15, though, this is what the beds and borders had to offer:

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day: July 2018

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Portrait of Mei

Mei Under the Tree
[25 December 2017]

This old lady. She and Connor are almost besties now, although she still won’t climb up and sleep with him in his bed like she will with me. She was pretty displeased when we first brought Connor home. so seeing them play together now makes me smile.

(She also didn’t much care for moving to this house almost five years ago — in fact, she hid behind the toilet on moving day and wouldn’t come out until we were upstairs in bed that night.)

Mei will be 14 years old this Spring. Sometimes she moves a little slower down the stairs than she used to, and sometimes I take note of her now-bony haunches. Other times, though, she tears ass through the house like she’s always done.

I suspect we still have many good years left with Mei Kitty, but I tend not to take the cuddles and the playtime for granted anymore.