Watermelons, a Gardenhose, and some Anticipation

It has been HOT HOT HOT here.  Not just typical hot, but HUMID hot in the early day.  And since we do not have a pool in our backyard (!) we have to keep ourselves occupied and cool in other ways. 
We started off at the beach, lunch at Islands, and worked our way back home only to discover it was only....3pm.  Ugh.

So what do we do from now until the sun goes down at 8:30pm? 

We wander around our garden and see what the little seeds have been doing since we planted them.

Summer squash blossoms make a heavenly dish when cooked with brown rice, garlic, olive oil, tomatoes, and fresh parsley topped with feta cheese.

Of course there was a lot of watermelon involved. 

Cooling off the yard and our toes

Tomatoes are coming!  Lots of salsa to be made, sundried tomatoes, and of course, delicious tomato jam (recipe to follow soon!)

The kids love to pick lavender from our yard and pull off the blossoms.  We dried a load of it and put it in a jar.  Next step:  lavender sugar!  Just throw a handful in a jar of sugar and let the aromatic magic happen.  We sprinkle some over fresh strawberries in a nice cool bowl of Greek yogurt.  A foodie recommended that we sprinkle some over fresh-baked olive oil shortbread cookies.  Mmmm!