Yesterday was Friday the thriteenth. To me, that is a lucky day. I was born on a Friday the thirteenth enough years ago to not give the exact date. Suffice it to say, that is some businesses, I am given the senior discount! As for me, I am glad that I was born! And glad that it was that many years ago and on a date which those who are superstitious become unsettled. Just another one of my charms! My husband also was born on a thirteenth...but not a Friday. I once asked why this superstition came about and someone said it was unuusual for a Friday to fall on the 13th. What?? So, if that is the case, why are Saturdays which fall on the 14th not considered equally weird and unusual? Geeesh!
For me, Friday the 13th this month was just another Friday...all of which are pretty darn good, considering they start the weekend! We spent this Friday evening with family for an early Father's Day reunion. And today I gor sunburned. My knees are as red as Santa's coat, from where my shorts ended down my legs. My shoulders and arms are almost the same hue...all the result of watching little league baseball for my 8-yr.old grandson, Jonathan! I did wear a hat and sunglasses and some lotion...but obviously not enough! Next week his team has a by and then a double-header the following week. That should give me ample time to get a fresh bottle of sunscreen and find a way to secure my picnic table umbrella to the ground without the picnic table attached! It was like 109 or something ungodly like that today.
I am more suspicious of, and careful of my actions, on hot days than unlucky numbered days. Hot days can give you skin cancer and heatstroke and headaches, etc before you even realize what is happening! And strange people take off clothing in public and even stranger people put on weird contraptions to supposedly keep them cool and homeless people hide in the smallest of shaded areas with signs requesting water and stray dogs pant on the side of the road...you get the picture.
On the bright side...I am not sure exactly how, but my garden is doing pretty well. I have 4 strawberries and some cherry tomatoes in the green stages on their vines.
The beans are progressing and the squash seems to be okay. Not the zuchini variety, those dried up. I tried to replant in containers, but so far, no luck. And the cucumber plant seems to have survived. The front yard has mostly desert plants and they are blooming beautifully. The roses have ceased to bloom, but the plants are green and holding up nicesly. The Texas sage bushes look the best they ever have, except they need some trimming. The yellow and lavendar lantana are taking over the yard. I planted the trailing kind and that was my intent, so I am happy with that. The iceplant that I thought I had killed and pulled out last year has returned on its own and multiplied rapidly and is very lovely. They are yellow blooms too, so for the most part the front is lavendar and yellow. The daisies are still blooming and I have one of each---lavendar and yellow. My container flowers are not fairing quite as well, but most of those are annuals, so their season is about over. I think I will not mess with annual summer flowers this year. I will just baby my in-ground plants and wait until fall.
Well, I hope everyone has a special Father's Day. And wonderful gardens and flowers!
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