Summer purpose( prepare for winter)

Today I cleaned the wood stove stove pipes.  A significant layer of soot.  Also a crew (strong of arm and body) arrived to remove the 1993 Woodford Erin wood stove.  The replacement should also last nineteen years.  A larger stove we know it will take longer logs.  Side and front load.  The end. 

How hot?

Too hot for us, however we need the contrast to prepare for winter.

The garden has cool season and summer season varieties. Zinnias are now enjoing the conditions.

Wet garden soil

Our dry April is so history.  June rains keep the soil too wet.  Peas are sickly and nibbled at the top.  A critter or an insect I suppose.

Zinnias in one row all germinated.  The other row has only one.  Again a mystery.

I like my flowers.