PHOTO-A-DAY CHALLENGE
Mother Nature Soothes Frazzled Nerves When Car Problems Are Stressful
My Week in Photos: July 2–8
Day 1: Most of my neighbors are xeriscaping now. The weather is in triple digits and water is scarce. My neighbor across the street dug holes around the perimeter of his oak tree. He is planning to plant shrubs or small trees in the holes. You can see how big the oak tree’s trunk is here.
Day 2: My husband’s car died. He had it towed home where he’s shown parking it after it died on the road. It’s since been towed to the repair shop. It needs a new engine or he needs another car. Currently, we are sharing my car.
Day 3: Independence Day. I didn't feel up to partying and preferred to spend the day at home. In the early evening, I walked through the neighborhood photographing the neighbors’ flags and patriotic decorations. I will feature most of them in a separate post I’m still working on. This was the fanciest house. The entire front fence had pinwheels like this on the pickets. But they were too small to show up in a photo of the fence so I enlarged this one on the end.
Day 4: I walked around the park. I wanted to photograph the ripe elderberries and anything else that was interesting. I liked the red flowers in the top photo.
Day 5: My neighbor’s July flowers included these lilies of the Nile which I think look a bit like fireworks. The red roses on the trellis are also blooming again.
Day 6: More car trouble. This old truck belonged to my husband’s father in 1983. We inherited it when he died. It’s our loaner. We've loaned it to several friends and neighbors when their cars weren’t working or they were between cars. Now Hubby needs it and it doesn’t work. He thought he could get it home from Templeton after he got it started, but it stalled halfway up the hill toward the road. He somehow turned it around to come back up to the house, but I was following him and had to back all the way up the hill. It really stressed me out.
Our tenant is somewhat of a mechanic. He made some adjustments and got it back into our driveway here tonight. We are hoping our mobile mechanic will have a look at it tomorrow to see if it’s safe to drive until he can repair the Kia or get another car to replace it. Our tenants live in the mobile home.
Day 7: More thistle flowers are blooming now and the white flower in the center is reseeding into thorns. Much as I’d like to see the rest bloom, it’s probably time to pluck it out before it multiplies for next year.
This has been my week in photographs. One photograph for each day. Anyone can join this challenge and many have participated. Thanks to Dennett for starting this challenge that encourages me to get out on days I wouldn’t otherwise. Anyone can join.
