What's blooming and a little whine

With all of this heat and drought, I am pleased that I still have some plants that are thriving despite the extremes. Unfortunately, the weeds seem to be holding up marvelously as well. There are are a few hours in the evening when I can go out and tackle some of them if only my hands would cooperate. A recent new challenge of rheumatoid arthritis has slowed me down considerably and it's darn right annoying. I will adapt as I refuse to stop the work and the hobbies that I love so dearly, but the learning curve, well, I am still learning. From what I have read, I have it easy compared to some, and I have been fortunate that most of the time it's very managable, I certainly count my blessings. I guess I will just have to learn to coexist a little more with the weeds than I care to.

"The garden reconciles human art and wild nature, hard work and deep pleasure, spiritual practice and the material world. It is a magical place because it is not divided. The many divisions and polarizations that terrorize a disenchanted world find peaceful accord among mossy rock walls, rough stone paths, and trimmed bushes. Maybe a garden sometimes seems fragile, for all its earth and labor, because it achieves such an extraordinary delicate balance of nature and human life, naturalness and artificiality. It has its own liminality, its point of balance between great extremes."

Thomas Moore

Love love love this canna!
Coreopsis, a donation from the plant swap in SpringMy herb bed with zinnias

Lantana, can't remember which one. I know some people think they are boring, but I love how they attract butterflies and bloom all summer!
My desert willow's first year. It's not even batting an eye at this weather!
One of the best bits to come with the house, landscaping wise. These huge esperanza's just keep getting bigger and bigger and are blooming like crazy.