First there were three days of rain and then
a hailstorm that actually accumulated
on the deck and in the mulch
of the landscape in front.
It looked like April -- or winter!
Next we've had four days with
temperatures over 90 degrees.
August?
The poppies suffered the most
damage. I lost about a dozen stems,
broken by the hail and heavy rain.
I brought them in and amazingly,
they bloomed in water.
The peonies, too, were fine
inside after the storm.