Scorching hot weather

Brown-eyed Susans are actually considered a wild flower, but I love to have them in my garden.

The meteorologists warned us that today would probably be the hottest day of the summer so far, so I planned not to go outside. I  worked instead on my dining room table under the ceiling fan, and got some birthday cards made and sent out for August. I didn't even bother to open the Living room drapes this morning. I just stayed in the dark. It turns out it may not have been a record-breaking day. I will find out when I watch the news after supper. For the first time in days, we actually had some air movement...a little bit of a breeze. It didn't seem as sticky this afternoon. 

Shasta daisy

The cold pasta salad I made for dinner last night was just so yummy. I made it similarly to the one last week with the shrimp, but this time I used a small package of imitation crab meat that you buy in the frozen food section. I bought a package last month when it was on sale for $1. I liked it just as much. I added the broccoli florets in the last five minutes of cooking the bowtie pasta, so there was still just a bit of crunch. I used a green onion from the garden and chopped up a yellow pepper. I mixed it together with the last bit of mayo I had and some sweet Thai chili sauce. That was all we ate. There is still some left, so we will finish tonight with icy cold home-baked beans and grilled hot dogs in buns. I love cold beans. We used to have cold beans at our picnics. 

Volunteer Petunia plants from last year's seed. I never did get around to planting anything in this back yard planter.

My husband had to go into town to pick up a prescription, so I gave him $25 grocery money to pick up some of this past week's specials at Shopper's Drug Mart......they were all items that are on my grocery list. He bought 4 litres of 2% milk, 4 litres of skim milk, Maxwell House instant coffee, hamburger and hot dog buns, 2 more loaves of whole wheat bread  and 2 doz. eggs. My main shopping trip is Friday morning when we have to go in for the Costco pickup anyway, and the new grocery flyers are out. 

Cherry tomatoes just beginning to ripen

I checked the veggie garden this afternoon. I will need to harvest more beans and another broccoli head tomorrow morning. If it isn't too hot, I will need to thin the carrots again. I have green tomatoes, but only our cherry tomatoes are beginning to turn red. All this hot sunny weather should help the veggies, but isn't helping me any. Stay cool everyone.