I’m late with the blooming post this week. Sorry about that! We have had some great weather this weekend. The nights are getting pretty cool, though. upper 40s to low 50s!

I’ve been biking for 4 days in a row. It’s going well. My abs ache, though. That is very strange because you usually don’t feel it like that. Slow and steady progress. That’s the goal.

I changed the tires on my bike. It’s been a few years and I got a flat prior to my surgery, so while i was recuperating, I ordered new tires. My old ones were past time to replace. Here is the difference in the tires:

The old tire looks smaller, but it’s just the new tire hasn’t been sitting in the rim for a couple of years yet. There are a few thousand miles on that tire. PSA – don’t let your tires get to this stage before replacing. 😀 I’m lucky I didn’t have a blow out.

Anyway, the garden is humming along. Not much new in terms of blooms, but lots of them!

This is Russian sage, fallen over, but pretty:

Petunias in a pot:

Butterfly weed:

There have been a good amount of butterflies visiting, monarch, black and yellow swallowtails and painted ladies.

Lots of bees, too. The Joe Pye weed is always full of them:

The big tree hydrangea is blooming now. It has drooped from the heavy blooms.

I cut this down to the trunk each spring and it grows this much in a season. The saucer under it has sandy soil in it for a dry bird bath. Now that most of my mulch is gone, they don’t use it as much.

Mandevilla vine getting taller:

And a bazillion coneflowers:

I started editing the garden beds this weekend. Plants will be coming out and I replaced a shrub in the front. Iris divisions come next, which I will be sharing with our new neighbors. It feels good to be able to really get in and dig around in the garden again. 😀