Bear Paw Meanderings

Finally I can sit back in a lawn chair and really enjoy my garden. You see finally the cotton season from my older than dirt cottonwood tree has all gone away (most tracked in the house) and baring a July freeze, which is unlikely, or a hail storm, which is more likely, it is a time to watch my zinnias, dahlias and later perennial flowers just go great guns in the growing department.

I have scores of blooms on my dahlias. That is really good to see because last year between a freeze and hail, I had few buds until it was ready to freeze in the fall.

This year I was able to take a bouquet to chu...