Theme day- Climate

The theme day for July is Climate.

In the heat of the summer, the best place to be is the pool.  

As the climate heats up, we're going to need a lot more swimming pools, this one is pretty crowded.

 

Welcome

Is everybody welcome?  or do you have to have 4 paws?

 

Picture Walk

I equiped my two granddaughters with old phones, and we went on a picture walk.

They took pictures of everything they saw.

Some of them came out pretty nicely.

 

Summer

Getting out of the heat for a little while.

 

Pond

A quiet pond.

 

World Refugee day

Saturday was World Refugee Day with a celebration in downtown Raleigh.  Refugees and organizations that support refugees in Raleigh celebrated together.

A Ukranian children's dance group was a favorite.

A group from Burma performed as well.

 

Mr. Heron again

I haven't posted a heron picture in a while.  I got pretty close for this one.

 

Blue or is it purple?

Just a pretty flower.  

 

Welcome quilt

This quilt is made up of knitted and crocheted squares made by women all over Raleigh.  Each square is made individually, then put together into the quilt that is presented to refugee families as they settle in their new home.  It represents the welcome of the entire community.

Look for celebrations of World Refugee Day on Saturday June 24, your city may be taking part.

 

 

Rose garden rest

This little building sits in the Raleigh Municipal Rose Garden.  A quiet place to sit out of the weather.

 

Roses in the Garden

The roses are blooming in the Raleigh Municipal Rose Garden.

 

Rose Garden

The grounds of the Raleigh Municipal Rose Garden have had many uses.  It was traditional land of the Lumbee and Tuscarora tribes.  Later it was a site of the NC state fair, a tank training ground during WW1, a race track, and finally became a WPA project creating the rose garden of today.

 

Little Theater

Raleigh Little Theater sits above the Municipal Rose garden.

The theater was built as a WPA project in the 30's.  It was the first theater in the south to cast Black actors during segregation.   Notably, Andy Griffith, Clay Aiken and the cowboy from the Village People have performed at the theater.

 

Amphitheater

The amphitheater behind the Raleigh Little Theater.

 

Little reader

This little bronze statue was reading outside the Raleigh Little Theater.

 

Floating greenhouse

Why a greenhouse in the pond?

Are these water plants?  

 

Toe Jam anyone?

In amongst the apple jelly, peach preserves and pepper jelly we found: Traffic Jam, Toe Jam and Frog Jam.

Yum

The ingredients in the Moonshine Jelly was just what you would expect: alcohol and pectin.

There were a lot of flavors to choose from.

 

Tractors

A market run by the department of Agriculture would definately have a few tractors.

These are really beautiful.

 

Why so many pigs?

 

Farmer pig stands out in the entrance to the Farmer's Market restaurant with his wife Mrs. Pig.  

A lot of restaurants in North Carolina have a pig theme going on.

Is that a commentary on the food or the customers?

 

Herbs too

The Farmer's Market sells more than just vegetables.  You can find almost anything that grows.

 

Farmer's Market

The North Carolina Farmer's Market brings together farmers from all over the state.  It is open every day of the year with whatever is growing at the time.  Sometimes it's only sweet potatoes.  There's a wide variety right now.

 

So many colors

Orange, purple and white cauliflower.

Yellow, red and green peppers.

And so many tomatoes!

 

Sunny

Sunflowers at the Farmer's Market.

 

Summer Pond

Cooper's Pond on a quiet day.

 

Gardenia

Gardenias are in bloom.  The scent is unmistakable.

My husband says they smell like soap.

  (I think soap smells like gardenias.)

 

Garden blooms

Flowers in the garden promise a good harvest later.

Eggplant

Tomato

Cucumber

Pepper

Strawberry

 Bon Appetit!

 

Blue Jay

Foraging for bugs.

 

Ignore him and he'll go away.

The Bluebird was studiously ignoring the feisty Titmouse.

 

Gnatcatchers

We had just said, "If I were a bug eating bird, I'd live here,"  when we heard them.  High pitched calls back and forth.  They were a family of blue grey gnatcatchers.