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July Garden Report

July 17, 2009 by Sue Leave a Comment

After the super rainy June and cool beginning of July, it is now hot and the summer flowers are really happy. Blooming now:

Perennials:
columbine, lavender, rose, flowering strawberry, delphinium, 2 types of salvia, 2 types of coreopsis, 2 types of veronica, 3 types of sage, 3 types of gaillardia, potentilla, aubretia, hollyhock, lamium, scabiosa, 2 types of daylily, echinacia, daisy, catmint, Jupiter’s beard, scrophula, rudbeckia, rosemary, Sweet William, and tall garden phlox.
Annuals:
many types of sunflowers, alyssum, nicotiana, marigold, nasturtium, geranium, petunia, and annual salvia.

Brian sings classical

July 7, 2009 by Sue 2 Comments

Brian received a Superior or “1” rating on this solo at the UHSAA State Solo and Ensemble Festival in April. He was asked to sing his solo at the final LPHS Choir Concert of the year. Scott is his accompanist, as always. Here, for your listening pleasure, is Brian singing “Si, tra i ceppi” by Handel, from Berenice.

Life in Texas

July 6, 2009 by Sue 2 Comments

Here’s some new photos of Mark from the Heritage District, Texas San Antonio Mission. These were taken over the winter.

Mark looks like a real Texan

Texas cool

That’s a big bug!

Posing with some Texas heroes on a P-day trip to the Alamo.

Tracting, Texas-style

Our Independence “Staycation”

July 5, 2009 by Sue 1 Comment

Staycations are all the rage now as people are unwilling to spend a ton of money traveling and prefer to stay local and visit places close to home. Brian’s work was closed this week so we did some fun stuff while he was home. On July 2, we went to the Living Planet Aquarium. On July 3, we hiked to Upper Silver Lake in American Fork Canyon, then went farther up the canyon to Cascade Springs because I love that place. After we hiked around, Scott thought we should drive on over the mountain because we’d never done that before, so we went to Heber and had shakes at Granny’s. After dark we did our fireworks in the driveway. On July 4, we opened presents for my birthday and Scott gave me an iPod Nano and armband to replace my old classic shuffle. We hung around the house, Scott BBQ’d shish-ka-bobs and we had our own personal cakes for my birthday. In the evening, we went to the Salt Lake Bees baseball game and watched the fireworks at Spring Mobile Ballpark. Fun!

Summer Hikes

July 5, 2009 by Sue 1 Comment

Scott and I made a vow that we would go on some hikes in the mountains this summer. We live right next to American Fork Canyon and haven’t really taken advantage of the natural wonders. So this summer it’s going to be different. So far, we’ve taken 3 hikes. They have been challenging, but as we are getting in better shape, we’re being more adventurous. Brian went with us on 2 of them.

Pinehollow Trail, AF Canyon, May 22

Scout Falls, AF Canyon, June 6

Upper Silver Lake, AF Canyon, July 3