Putting in drip irrigation

Guillermo has been working hard outside putting in a drip irrigation system for the garden.  It will be GREAT once it is in place.  But for now, it's hard work, especially in this heat.  Today was a little better with the heat because we had lots of cloud cover, but the humidity was so high up there that it felt really oppressive outside.

The downside right now is that the grass is getting beat up again.  Oh well, after this is all in place, we can get the grass back into shape.

And we discovered these caterpillars eating up our parsley, which is ok, since the parsley was on the decline anyway.  These caterpillars will become Swallowtail butterflies.

a little blurry.....

They're pretty, aren't they?

BIG Relief!

Soooo, I got a traffic ticket about two weeks ago.  On a street close to our house.  Supposedly I was doing 45 in a 35.
As soon I saw the cop car, I figured I'd probably be pulled over because that's just what happens to me! And sure enough, as soon as I passed him, the lights came on and there you go, I'm pulled over.
I asked the cop what the speed limit was on that stretch of road and he hesitated for a second, looked across the road on the OTHER side of Guilbeau, saw the 30mph sign and told me "30 miles an hour".  I was pretty shocked.  I had no idea the speed limit was so low on that street.  He told me I was doing 45.  We found out later that the speed limit on the road where I was pulled over is 35.  So, confusion abound.

So, I get my ticket and later we look it over and the ticket says, "Alleged Speed:  35", "Speed Limit: 45". We were surprised and not sure what to make of it.  It also said my court date would be July 30th, or before.  So I decided to go yesterday to get it taken care of.  I tried to go through different scenarios in my mind about what questions the judge would ask me and what my response would be.  But then decided the best course of action for this ticket would be to just keep my mouth shut as much as possible and if pressed, point out that the document shows the facts.  When I got to the court place, the clerk wouldn't answer any of my questions, telling me to ask the judge about my ticket.  So, into the court room I went with lots of other people.  When it was my turn to be called up in front of the judge, he looks over my paper work and is silent for a few seconds.  Then he asks me if I have the original ticket with me and so I hand it to him.  He looks at my ticket and tells me, "This ticket shows you are being charged with going 35 in a 45.  That is no offense.  I am dismissing this ticket."  Wow, that was music to my ears!!! Most people were in front of the judge at least a minute or longer, I was in front of him for maybe 15 seconds.  Anyway, I got lucky this time.  But I have to admit that ever since I got the ticket, I have been more observant of speed limits, so that in itself is a good thing.  I feel like I have been given a warning with no penalty and I am very grateful.

Evening downtown

We had fun yesterday evening downtown in Hemisfair Park.  Cousin Louis's band was playing at the bottom of the Tower so we thought we'd go out there and listen to them play.
The picture is a little blurry but here we are:

And a picture John took

While we were there, John and I took a LONG walk through Hemisfair park, then up around by the Hilton Hotel, then down towards the Hyatt Hotel and then we decided to turn around and walk back the same way we came.  The temperature had cooled off a little by then so it was very pleasant walking downtown and I'm glad we took that walk together!

Almost perfect day

It never really got hot today.  The sun was out in the morning but clouds came in so it was overcast and cool all day.  We actually had lunch on the back deck AND had dinner out there.  Lunch was great - nice breeze and no mosquitoes.  Dinner we had a little ten minute window before the mosquitoes started bothering us.  Here we are having dinner.  I didn't know the oregano was in the way of the lens but at least it wasn't TOTALLY covering Guillermo up!