A stroll in the yard and the sweet smell of honeysuckle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafIUy46vSUln9jr8r_W8pNdnlnr3wguNFj8smP6RH6foXwFG4M8PaxFE7MKP8X-OFuiX6SMBVAvmYjU3AdOjeSh-Hcqw9x01ugAB4jFzRP7okMRq8d0N2ZPzbtn-JZHCRM01YdmBGpOOD/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjafIUy46vSUln9jr8r_W8pNdnlnr3wguNFj8smP6RH6foXwFG4M8PaxFE7MKP8X-OFuiX6SMBVAvmYjU3AdOjeSh-Hcqw9x01ugAB4jFzRP7okMRq8d0N2ZPzbtn-JZHCRM01YdmBGpOOD/s400/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> With windows open on these cool late-spring days, the intoxicatingly sweet smell of honeysuckle has wafted in on the breeze, filling the house with its aromatic scent.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogr19UfQKv54vFc0i4i_7-Q2LoPxcuCiW-mWOKByxpgDAh6zlwcWMSKKutKonG6mDslSa7GV_gKhcj8NuyUnu1yktN1lrXORrNw7zfemfPSAFOp7Tc1Skp85zxlFS6yjaO6N9YJnyONcK/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogr19UfQKv54vFc0i4i_7-Q2LoPxcuCiW-mWOKByxpgDAh6zlwcWMSKKutKonG6mDslSa7GV_gKhcj8NuyUnu1yktN1lrXORrNw7zfemfPSAFOp7Tc1Skp85zxlFS6yjaO6N9YJnyONcK/s640/11.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Roses and peonies are blooming, adding to the sweet fragrances in the yard.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlB2gFwQ5JN3KKrqVpNP-NRBrJjYFJAIupu9MWJhmFyjbwizdlRV7ChOD7ChDIBfs498eHhrhsAzE6BDO_UUFns-ngMJavsiF6Asl2sAcdH7u5V7Xykr-Kw8q0BR3kQfdPxer1ChBnbIk/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlB2gFwQ5JN3KKrqVpNP-NRBrJjYFJAIupu9MWJhmFyjbwizdlRV7ChOD7ChDIBfs498eHhrhsAzE6BDO_UUFns-ngMJavsiF6Asl2sAcdH7u5V7Xykr-Kw8q0BR3kQfdPxer1ChBnbIk/s400/12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkP8bE4DF4RvAGgUzoYwT5JJLOBSell7iqWmaQfJvfKgEU7lNpmQUh747HMvq7LMX_VBTiqtSfeXd-D3Dx3z3fPvkrdl6f9TKEJ2E_jOZQHlyzk6rCR6dE2FLPMmP0Ag2afm_RRp0oQIr/s1600/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkP8bE4DF4RvAGgUzoYwT5JJLOBSell7iqWmaQfJvfKgEU7lNpmQUh747HMvq7LMX_VBTiqtSfeXd-D3Dx3z3fPvkrdl6f9TKEJ2E_jOZQHlyzk6rCR6dE2FLPMmP0Ag2afm_RRp0oQIr/s640/13.jpg" width="404" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The rain gauge bench <i>aka</i> the resting bench while working in the yard.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKi2M4w6-jQG63Op-vsfUjUYjagx0sg9Lz2JBu2bxIKljNPSub9tgxOZaZ0M9N1xKSzSbkbZ0pgkU-BPYG-zASyVAXq67B9IcXbaRpjHEbwO-yCc8is2P0HhxV-k4Q08O025w35yVDDseI/s1600/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKi2M4w6-jQG63Op-vsfUjUYjagx0sg9Lz2JBu2bxIKljNPSub9tgxOZaZ0M9N1xKSzSbkbZ0pgkU-BPYG-zASyVAXq67B9IcXbaRpjHEbwO-yCc8is2P0HhxV-k4Q08O025w35yVDDseI/s320/14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Time for a bonfire to burn piled-up brush in the fire pit.</div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />June 5, 2013

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In the garden: First jalapeno

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The first jalapeno. They were planted three weeks later than usual due to a long cold spring. Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell June 5, 2013

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Garden flowers

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