I promise there will be actual content here at some point, but we’ve got #1 son’s birthday coming up (plus two other family birthdays), end of school/vacation to plan, and Guilder to frame for it.  I’m swamped!

This is a zinnia, yes.  After the mass “wildflower” plantings we did last year, I became utterly besotted with zinnias, so this year I ordered a couple of really unusual specimens for the front beds.  This is Zowie Yellow Flame:

Think that’s cool?  Just wait until you see the other one…