Sure is a scorcher today… but these little trumpet vine flowers seem to be loving it
as they’re growing up the side wall of Lillstreet Art Center.

Crazy winds & crazy waves this morning! Not quite the beautiful sunrise we’ve gotten used to this week… but still great fun playing along the lakefront early this morning before the temps soar back up!!! Guess I picked the wrong day to “start” my swim training?! Maybe I’ll start tomorrow?… or not. Ha!!!

Hot summer night… cool summer salad…
even “cooler” in a stamped & glazed serving bowl.

After a wonderful string of beautiful sunrises, we knew that it had come to an end at some point. But maybe not quite yet today. While today was another hot & steamy ride, the beautiful colors were fleeting… stunning at first, then pastoral & serene… before the gray clouds moved and the sunrise was blocked and back then to gray… and still SWEATY!!!

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With a sky full of clouds splashed with colors… a big sky-show requires BIG PHOTOS!!!

This has been quite the week for beautiful sunrises!!! Today started out with a lot of clouds blocking the horizon. But luckily they blew through soon enough to make way for a colorful sky-show! Beautifully painted clouds… yet all too soon another wave of clouds moved in… this time darker, wider and ready to rain!!! Pedaling home faster than I expected!!!

And then the dark rain cl0uds started moving in… and I still had eight miles to pedal home!!!

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Summer’s asiatic lilies.
Mother Nature sure is painting the gardens with beautiful colors these days!