Coffee Time In The Garden This Morning.

 This tuberous begonia

started blooming while we

were gone.

The camera did pick up 

the true colors of this one.

The pink Portulaca 

has started blooming.

It's in a separate pot from the

other Portulaca that blooms

 orange, white and yellow.

This might be tomorrow's first 

Morning Glory bloom to open.

I'm looking forward to seeing what

it looks like.

Here's the Crocosmia that I brought

home from Dee's Garden.  It wasn't 

blooming when I purchased it.  The 

buds were still tight and just starting 

to hint at  it's orange color.

I love it.  

The clematis is still

trying to bloom,

and here is one of it's 

fluffy seed heads.

Cousin Phylis stopped by

to deliver vegetables fresh from

her garden this morning.

She brought over this colander full

of green beans, several zucchini's

and some fresh basil.

First thing to do was to make a batch

of pesto for the freezer.

Oh my goodness it's good.

I use the pesto recipe from 

Susan Branch's cookbook.

Heart of the Home 

Notes from a Vineyard Kitchen.

The basil also inspired

a simple frittata  for our dinner.

This one is made with potato,

onion, garlic, eggs, cheese, 

and a generous amount of basil

sprinkled on top.

We enjoyed the frittata with

those fresh green beans.

There's enough leftover

 for lunch tomorrow.

Our heat has finally arrived.

Today was just 100.

But...

We're due for 110 degrees on Wednesday.

Oh my.