Thursdays are always good days for me. I look back on my week for things that made me smile. I'm starting off with my beautiful dinner-plate-sized hibiscus bush. It's finally blooming and pretty. This is how it's seen from my deck. The black-eyed susies are in full bloom and trying to crowd it out. This fall will be some serious transplanting because that corner is SUPPOSED to be reserved for the hibiscus! Ha!
Speaking of the black-eyed susies, here they are around my rain barrels. Neither these plants nor the ones by the hibiscus were planted by me. My guess is the birds scattered their seeds.
A close-up photo from the front side shows a bit of milkweed. I think there are one (million!) too many black-eyed susies around for it to thrive.
In the front under the bird feeders, I got a couple of "volunteer" sunflowers this year. It seems hard for me to believe I would get these because the seed I buy is shelled. I'm happy to see them though. Some years I get a few, sometimes I don't. Now let's hope the raccoons don't pull them down and break the stems as they tend to do some years. (The one in the back looks droopy like me. It's been so hot & HUMID lately here in the Midwest but there is relief once again on the horizon. Grateful for the relief and grateful for A/C as well!)
I've continued with the book I'm reading, "Force of Nature" by Jane Harper. It's really good and I'm wishing my nose was buried in it right this minute! Ha!
Five women reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking along a muddy track.
Only four come out on the other side.
The hike through the rugged Giralang Ranges is meant to take the office colleagues out of their air-conditioned comfort zone and encourage teamwork and resilience. At least, that's what the corporate retreat website advertises.
Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk has a keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing hiker, Alice Russell. Because Alice knew secrets, about the company she worked for and the people she worked with.
The four returning women tell Falk a tale of fear, violence and fractured trust during their days in the remote Australian bushland. And as Falk delves into the disappearance of Alice, he begins to suspect some dangers ran far deeper than anyone knew.
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A very big like this week has got to be Olympic watching! Would you believe, right in the middle of Novak Djokavic's tennis match, we lost our Internet, Cable TV, and phones???? It was gone for a couple of hours. Thankfully I've got a quilting hobby to keep me busy, even when there's no TV! Ha! (Grateful for electricity!) I am especially enjoying the gymnastics, the swimming, and the diving. The badminton, tennis, beach volleyball, and golf have entertained me in between as well. Go, Team USA!!!!
Have a gold-medal winning week!
Linking up with Not Afraid of Color.
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