Having friendly fun

So for a few days it's been fun playing hostess and tourist stuff with my friend from Florida. She's going home today (Tampa) and we'll all be thinking of  how the storm will be coming soon.  We've had absolutely wonderful weather here in NC for her visit!

I'll be seeing you...

over on "Living in Black Mountain," almost every day this week.

And soon at my "Three Family Trees."

But the time I usually use here is being given to another pursuit this week.

A visitor.

 I hope the mint takes...it's in new dirt and had lots of roots.  The little guy is there for encouragement.

 There's the orchid in it's new home.

 And the end of August means lots of these black seeds on the Four O'Clocks.

The front porch...we're not allowed to plant anything in that terrible mulched area. Ugh. It's full of poisons anyway.

What's with high of 68 degrees?

It's still only August 25, and went down into the 50s last night. Today when I left for church I went back inside to get a wrap...just a piece of fabric that became my shawl. Yesterday (well a week ago) it had covered an altar.  And then it was in the high 80s each day. Other places in the US were sweltering, and this just a few weeks after Europe suffered a terrible heat wave.

So to have damp cool days suddenly is strange, though due to a cold front that slipped south, so sayeth the weather guy.  I  just decided the middle of August had been the peak of summer.

And now the last week of August begins with fall weather.  I wonder if/how long it will last.  Weather people say...this is going to continue till Tues, and by Wed. we'll get up to 80 78 again. But the nights will still be in the 50s! Amazing.

OK, enough talk about the weather.  I'm hostessing a friend from Florida this week. So we'll be traveling around doing some touristy stuff...and I'll probably share some photos here, there or yon.

I'm looking forward to seeing things around me with her new eyes.