The porch plants

 

New Miss Lavender is doing really well. No fertilizing, and kind of dry and hot these days!

I've got two or three pots of purple petunias.

This coleus made several very large leaves, but has yet to sprout upward further...we shall see what happens with it.

Personally I'm getting much better at attending events I've signed up for...like the Tailgate Market yesterday morning, and docent volunteering at the Center for the Arts big gallery exhibit in the afternoon. Fortunately in the morning it wasn't unbearably hot in the shade outside, and in the afternoon the gallery was frigid with air conditioning really turned low. I stood in the doorway to the very hot patio for a few minutes to warm up.  And I came home after a late lunch of a Bento Box at Sake Sushi of scallops teriyaki - with leftovers for another meal! Guess what the next 3 hours were? Yep, a solid nap! This elder knows how the old machine works, and needs resting when doing lots of "out there" activities. As an introvert, I especially need my alone time to re-charge!

Sharing with Garden Blogger's Bloom Day, 

Today's quote:

The goal of life
is to make your heartbeat
match the beat of the universe,
to match your nature with Nature.

The goal of life is to be a vehicle
for something higher.

- Joseph Campbell, Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion.