July is here and it's hot, y'all!

 Hello, July!

John Sloane 

John Sloane calendar

Summer has surely arrived!

I'm taking a walk in the rain today, hope you'll come along!

I love seeing the raindrops holding onto leaves

The rain is coming down and washing everything clean. It sure feels good after the heat we're having. But it doesn't last long, it just makes it more muggy and humid. Whew....

There are hungry chickens to feed!

Now that they are fed, we can walk around some more and see what's going on in the gardens today.

The "maters" are sure enjoying the summer rain, and so are the peppers.

I wanted to show y'all the watermelons, our first!

They're growing fast, since the last picture I showed y'all.

four o'clocks dripping in the rain

and the sundial is wet and shiny with rain

My Old Maids are blooming!

and this sunflower will be blooming out real soon too.

This picture is real blurry, but it shows the pretty colors of my four o'clocks:

Sunday the rain was all gone, and the day dawned BRIGHT AND SUNNY AND HOT.

It was our 4th of July banquet at church after church, so I am decked out in my red, white, and blue! LOL

Hair UP.....IT'S HOT! LOL

We had fried chicken and SO MANY side dishes: beans and corn and "tater" salads, homemade breads, fried taters, macaroni and cheese and lots of others. Nothing like a good church supper and the great cooks always bring their best dishes!

Here's the dessert table:

Mr. Front Porch had a real nice Father's Day. I made him lasagna and garlic bread and a banana cake with cream cheese icing.

I got him a scarecrow for a present:

LoL!! It's a square plate but I thought it would look good in the garden.

We've been busy shelling peas!

And  had some okra and some real good roastnears.

It's summertime, and everything tastes so good! Hope your July has started off great!