For those of us who love pink and green.............

These Zinfin Doll Hydrangeas were so late to bloom (compared to Annabelles) that I didn't know if they would make it all of the way through the process from white to pink to raspberry.

The blooms that are higher up on the bush are lighter pink.

The lower blooms have the deeper raspberry color.  I wonder if this variety will make a good dried bouquet.  Last year they just went from pink to beige and then dried up on the bush.  They bloomed earlier last year, maybe forced blooms for selling them as early summer planting.

They contrast nicely with the Hostas that are planted in front of them.  I'll probably have to move the hostas next year because the bush will probably be larger.

The flowers on the green Coral Bell are just about ready to open.  I didn't remember they were such a late flower.  Those skinny stalks are stronger than they look. When it snows they are standing up tall.  Coral bells don't die totally back in the winter.

One more plant in the front garden.  I couldn't decide if the top was turning color or if there were new leaves of green just started growing out of the bottom.  So many of these plants were sunburned and crispy in our early summer heat wave.

Here is my tomato tower in the back raised bed.  That is 4 plants plus 2 volunteers that came up right next to the frame (so I tied them up to the nearest cage).  The plants are so full I can hardly get in there and find the ripe tomatoes.  I ended up with 5 total volunteer plants that are all producing along with the new plants I bought this year.

I didn't end up getting my monthly recap collage made so maybe tomorrow.  I got gas, grocery shopped 2 places, went to the bank and the post office in the morning.  Then I worked on sorting through more stuff before I can move the cutting table around the corner into the kitchen.  In the early evening I was out doing the daily "one bucket" weed pulling and filling the bird feeders.

My oldest granddaughter (and first grandchild) turns 35 today.  How did that happen?  The years fly by.............