Time to leave the garden and come into the air-conditioned trailer?!  The thermometer said 95 degrees in the sunshine–and I was working in the sunshine!! Time for some of yesterday’s sun tea. I planned an early start–anticipating the heat–but could not tear myself away from projects.

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Mexican Petunia bud yesterday; beautiful bloom today.

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Previously, I used a folding step stool between the ground and picnic table bench. From the ground… too big a step for this old lady. The picnic table is elevated on eight blocks (two for each leg). The gophers repeatedly dug up the area so the table would sink four inches into the ground!!

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A friend wrote that she plans to have a fountain with running water. My fountain has a pump that circulates the water–and I freshen the water every couple of days. The bird bath with “Water Wiggler“ was relatively inexpensive (from my yard in North Carolina) and I frequently change the water.

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Afterthought: I “step” up on the bench and table frequently to water the hanging plants. I recently hung two wind chimes from the pipe between two trees.