Blue bottle trees

 "The warmth of August had turned into a griddle where the days just lay there and sizzled." ...Sue Monk Kidd, the Secret Life of Bees

                                                

Howdy y'all, lets' meet at the blue bottle trees today!

 

I think they are so pretty!!---love cobalt blue!

So glad you made it, I'm going to take you over to see the Burns garden today, I like to go walk by there from time to time. There is a pretty garden.

 It will be SLOW walking for sure...walking through this humidity is like walking through a hot sauna. And even with the heat, you will see that I have on long sleeves and leggings--that is to keep the dang "skeeters" from biting me! I was sorry I had worn sandals as well--a pair of SOCKS would'be helped but I sure would've looked funny, (not that I care, ha ha) LOL. I also carry "skeeter spray" bug bite spray, camera batteries, tissues, and all manner of things in my big pocketbooks, LOL! On super hot walks I put ice cubes into a good sealing baggie with nice wet skin wipes, they stay ice cold and feel real good to swipe on my face, wrists, and neck. Try it in hot weather, it works.

Summer"Skeeters" and heat--just a fact of life here in the Holy City.

The pretty blue bottle trees sit in the lawn of this big house:

Today's "arm candy" LOL! Lots of my "marble" bracelets---yes, today I piled them on! ha ha

Here's the pretty Burns garden. See the fountain right there in the middle?

Here we are at the gate....it's a pretty one. Shall we go in?---well, not really, LOL!! We don't live here, but we can look at the garden through the fence. And we can make pictures! did you bring your camera?

I hadn't worn these dangly earrings in a long time, so I got them out too!--love the summery colors. You would never believe what I paid for these earrings, at a clearance sale! Any guesses?

The old building has neat architecture. Look at those big big stones!

The main reason we like to come here is this-----the four o' clocks! Look at them peeking through the fence at us! Friendly and curious little blossoms!

Look at those amazing TALL windows! I wonder what those look like inside?

Here's a pretty hot pink four o'clock.......stretching right out over the sidewalk! See the black furry caterpillar? 

We played with these when we were children. The older folks told us the black caterpillars signified a bad winter coming! Old wive's tales you think?

Here's a few pictures of the fountain that sits in the garden. It looks prettiest in the summer when the bright trumpet vine is in full bloom, and it tendrils and weaves above and behind it.

I have written about the Burns house and garden before. If you you are a new friend, you can guess what this building used to be, and what was mnaufactured over there in the back of the yard. LOL!

If you're curious, you can go into my archives to August 2016 and learn about that, LOL.

I'm so glad y'all came with us today! Now let's go find us a nice cool shady spot and buy some ice cold sweet tea!