This week we have reached the letter X, an extremely difficult letter . . . 
. . . But I didn't want to think too hard-- it's summer, a time to relax and to watch puffy white clouds or jet trails make a pattern in the blue sky.
Summer is also an exciting time in the garden as the garden teems with insect life and blooms like these of my favorite flower, the purple coneflower, fill the garden with color.
Or when exquisite creatures like these flit about searching for food. Note this is not the same dragonfly I pictured last week; I've had several varieties come to visit in the past week.
It can also be an exasperating time--the Japanese beetles have arrived!Check out more ABC posts here.
And a note to garden bloggers, particularly those who attended Spring Fling: Sometime tomorrow I plan to post a review of the book A Garden of Invention. I hope you'll have time to stop by and read it sometime.
