I can’t believe it summer is already ending.  Wasn’t it just Spring?

     I picked the last cantaloupe I don’t think we’ll get any more from the vines this season.  I do think we may have some watermelons before the first frost though.  The next wave of tomatoes is starting to ripen.  Another day or two and I’ll be making BLTs again.

     The ruby throated hummingbirds are becoming regulars at the feeder and the cannas.  The cardinals, woodpeckers, and sparrows are now sharing the feeders with two parakeets and a cockatiel that occasionally comes in.  It is startling to see them at first. 

     Our toad, Mr. Toadamus is growing larger and must be finding plenty of bugs to eat because he’s quite fat.  I miss the frogs I will have to buy some tadpoles in the spring unless the neighbor’s son finds some on one of his landscaping jobs and brings them home.

     The hawk family is still around.  I could hear them up in the cemetery when I was outside today. 

     There are two new stray cats in the neighborhood.  I chased one of them out of the yard when I discovered him napping on the bricks along the side garden.  It’s a good thing I was out alone and the dogs didn’t discover him.  All hell would’ve broken loose.