" IT'S BLOOM'N HOT IN MISSISSIPPI "

WOW! It is hot, hot hot, in South Mississippi! The heat index
was 104 yesterday with a temp of 100! We have not had a drop
of rain since June 4th and NONE is in the forecast! We are defiantly
in a heatwave!


We have been so busy all week. I haven't had time to post but
I have visited most of your blogs and tried to comment!







It is ice-cream weather for sure but I have not been able to
find my favorite flavor so far. This won a Blue Bell contest last
year and is the BEST flavor I've ever tasted! The lady whose
recipe won was from South Carolina!Click on the picture and read
all about it!






A woman from Navarre Beach, Florida contacted me after
coming on my blog. Her name is Linda, here with her husband.
She's my cousin! Her mother was an O'Gwynn and our great,
great grandfather's were brothers! This blogging world is really
something! I am ecstatic to have learned about her!

Hubby and I have been discussing for sometime about

getting an extra refrigerator to put in the garage. Our

side by side just doesn't have enough space. Especially

this time of year with all the fresh veggies coming in. I

had told him during morning coffee on Thursday I wish I

could find one of those smaller 10 cubic feet ones they used

to put in apartments. I had a dentist appointment that morning

so afterwards I went by Home Depot to check their garden center

for flower markdowns. you know how I like a bargain! When I

came out of the GC, I took a left and went down the receiving isle.

I wasn't supposed to be there but sometimes things happen!

Look what a wrong turn led me to! A 10 cf. Magic Chef fridge!

A scratch & dent item marked down from $ 379.00 to $ 189.00.

I ended up getting it for $ 150.00!!

I couldn't wait to start putting the goodies in it! I don't know why

this picture looks crooked, I promise it doesn't lean!

As I said; it's bloom'n hot here and we have to water everyday!

We have community water in the house but we put down a well

that is used to water flowers, refresh the pond, run the fountain

in the pond and I also use it for coffee, tea and some cooking.

Since we water so much, everything is bloom'n great!

Yellow Roses! Did you know they mean friendship?

Yellow Tropical Hibiscus................

Orange/yellow Lantana.................

Another view of orange/yellow lantana............

The Hummingbirds love the Mystery Plant blooms.....

I love how big the Elephants Ears are getting!

This is the Mint Vicki Lane gave me in Flat Rock!

Tell me again Vicki the name so I can write it down?

I call it Mountain Mint...............

A Castor Bean plant from a friend......................

Pink/yellow/blue Lantana...............

A baby Hibiscus by the pond has a single bloom on it!

Marigolds in the pepper bed................

Remember the Weeping Hibiscus I got in Natchez?

It has 12 new blooms ready to show out!

I have watched this open nearly all the way while I loaded these pictures!

This is absolutely my favorite flower!!

A Red Mandavillia in full bloom................

Marigolds in the cucumber bed..............

The big Hibiscus overflows into the Lantana...........

Mexican Petunias...................

Foxglove from which I gathered a handful of seed.......

The Hummers feed right out side my Writers Porch window!

IT'S Hot and I NEED NECTAR................

A Spider Web by the tractor shed...................

Charlotte wasn't allowing her picture to be taken!

Well......it's happening, tomatoes are everywhere!

Here..........

I'm knee deep in veggies still.............

More tomatoes here!

Poor Sadie Boo cools that big belly full of pups on the tile!

Due date.........June 24th! Jake guards her every move!

The Hummingbird Vine is getting close to the top!

And bloom'n...........

The pond fountain at least makes it seem cooler......

There was a Hummer on it, but I wasn't fast enough!

If I get too hot today, I may jump in!!!

The cattle know the score, last one in's a rotten egg!

Cleome in the St. Francis bed...........

St. Francis is knee deep in flowers...............

Purple Verbena............

Pink Verbena...............

Red Verbena and weeds that it's too hot to pull.................

Both of the Peach Double Bloom Hibiscus

are huge and full of blooms.............

The Cigar Bush is showing out big time!

So is this Pink Crape Myrtle..............

as is this white Rose of Sharon..........

The Morning Glory has started Bloom'n too!

Have a great weekend everyone and stay cool !!!