Poor Garden..... by cdonohoue

Poor Garden.....

It is 100 degrees outside and feels like a lot more than that with the humiture. Our weatherman likes this word. I don't think it was part of the English language (I love to see the articles on new words and phrases that develop over time) when I was younger. I think we just said it was hot out. We are watering constantly as nothing can take the heat that we have had this summer. I think we had the hottest June on record and I don't see how July can miss that mark as Cincinnati just doesn't see this many days above 90 in a row.
So it is way to hot to take my camera for a walk further than the garden - and even that was a lot. I don't even hear kids out playing in this weather.
Amazing this flower is surviving. Most of the cone flowers around here looked like pieces of a dried flower arrangment. Pretty colors.
July 17th, 2012  
Same weather here, Cathy - pretty miserable. Haven't even gotten out to shoot anything for several days. This is a lovely capture! Great colors!
July 17th, 2012  
lovely photo Cathy Its a fav
July 17th, 2012  
I hope you get a relief with the weather soon.
July 17th, 2012  
I feel for you and hope it will break soon. Pretty flower, it's poor little petals drooping a bit.
July 17th, 2012  
lovely tones - I lke your weatherman's creative stance on language :)
July 17th, 2012  
Beautiful shot... I hope the heat eases soon
July 17th, 2012  
Very pretty
July 17th, 2012  
It's the same story here - some of our trees and shrubs are showing signs of stress, shedding leaves. Local farmers say they've lost an entire crop and will have to buy feed this fall.
July 17th, 2012  
I know exactly what you mean, Cathy! It's one of the hottest summers I can remember. Even so, your picture is beautiful!
July 18th, 2012  
Beautiful shot. The only part of my garden that seems to be thriving is the weeds!
July 18th, 2012  
Great DOF Love the colours.
July 18th, 2012  
When you have high humidity, it figures into the heat index and makes the temperature feel hotter than it is. I'm sure you're not used to that kind of heat in Ohio. The high 90s with high humidity is pretty common throughout the summer here in South Carolina, but I can't hack the heat like I used to. I know exactly how you feel! Lovely capture, Cathy! Hope you can get some relief soon! I passed grass and pine trees today that have turned dark rusty brown from our triple digit heat wave here. It's ugly!
July 18th, 2012  
Excellent DOF, focus and detail. Wonderful shot.
July 18th, 2012  
Lyn
poor garden, poor us. . .isn't it just HORRIBLE? my yard makes me weep. . .
July 18th, 2012  
it is a gorgeous shot...so sorry about that heat!!!!!!
July 18th, 2012  
A beautiful shot, despite the terrible heat. I hear that the US corn crops have been wiped out with the heat and that some of the kernels are almost baking on the cob.
July 18th, 2012  
Fabulous shallow depth of field shoot.
July 18th, 2012  
Beautiful close up shot,great focusing!!
July 18th, 2012  
Beautiful colors and bokeh, Cathy
July 19th, 2012  
Sounds exhausting!
Love the colours in this.
July 19th, 2012  
It had been a rough summer for many gardens in the States this year. I'm glad that some of your flowers are surviving.
July 21st, 2012  
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