My quilt is coming along

I haven't had a lot of time to work on it but it's coming along.   I like working on it and I like how it is looking.   I almost always get company when I work on it.

Clerodendrum Tree

The Clerodendrum  trees are in bloom now.  We have one right outside our dining room porch and it sends a heavenly scent into the house.  The first summer we lived here I followed that scent until I figured out what it was and then I got one.   That's it on the right.

That's it through the kitchen window

Cats and the door to summer

The cats spend a lot of time looking out the screen doors, especially at the back yard.  They watch the birds and squirrels who hang around the bird feeder and the bird bath/fountain.  I originally started feeding the birds for the entertainment of the cats and it has worked really well.  They are indoor cats and I wanted them to have some entertainment.  The back yard is our bird sanctuary and is fenced but not cat proof.  Occasionally we have to drive a neighborhood cat out.  Just yesterday John squirted Wallace with water to make him leave.

Harpo and the door to summer

Ozy watching a squirrel

Pippin watches the birds, too.  He especially likes the hummingbirds and climbs all the way up the screen to the feeder level.  Doesn't he have a pretty belly?

Cats in three sizes.  Ozy is about three times the size of Pippin, who, fully grown,  is a tiny thing at just 5 lb 6 oz.

Morning light

It's been overcast most mornings for a week or more but today the sun was out and this is the back yard in the morning light.

And this is cosmos Diablo which I am so in love with.

Neighborhood walk

We still walk a lot in the neighborhood but this time I had my camera.

Dahlia Mystic Illusion in Pat and Mary's garden.  I liked it so much I went over to Portland Nursery and got one.  I feel lucky to live so near such a great garden center, one that STILL has great plants in August.

Sunnyside grade school sunflowers

The rudbeckia nitida Herstonne that inspired me to want some...

The park utility building with roses that bloom and bloom.

Back Yard Before And After

From the back door today

From the back door when we moved in

The back yard

Our teeny tiny backyard is 27 feet wide by 18 feet deep.  That's teeny tiny.  But big enough to look lush and  to have a nice space to sit and enjoy it.....and a great view from the back door.