Summer in Full Swing

It has been HOT here recently!  We finally got a break from the week-long streak of 100's and it was blissful to have some cooler nights and evenings.  One of those days we had a high temp higher than it was in Phoenix that same day!!  Phoenix people!  Well, the break could only last so long and we are back up to 100 again today and tomorrow.  But it's not planning on a week-long run again, thank goodness. (I spoke too soon!  Flirting with the 100's all week!)

One of the good things that does come from all the hot weather, however, is ripening vegetables.  Tomatoes love the baking warmth of the afternoon (if they aren't in the sun directly the WHOLE day) and my zucchini are showing their abundant productivity.  The bees are out in the flowers doing their pollenating thing (and the ants its seems) and the vines seem to stretch another foot each day.  It was time to bring in some of the produce, at least before the zucchini turned into clubs.

Summer harvest!

Look at all the green beans!

Sunsweet cherry tomatoes are the best!

And now for the garden montage.  I'm sure you people get sick of these, but they're so pretty!

Onions to be harvested...

Tomatoes to ripen...

Corn and potatoes in the long evening sunlight...

I have an actual beanstalk this year!

I love the lacy quality of watermelon leaves...

So pretty!  See the baby watermelon hiding in there?

Here it is!

Ants can pollinate too...

Using the vines as a highway...

Don't forget those green beans you saw earlier (they're sooooo tasty!)

I thought the "miniature" effect on this picture captured the feel of the low sun in the sprinklers the best!