Sandy's garden in Solon, Ohio

For the Repas-Pacsuta Family Reunion we stayed with my in-laws at their home in Solon, Ohio. My DH said that it would be warm there and so I was expecting something close to Texas weather. We got there and it was a high 90's day, but it was NOTHING like Texas. We were able to sit outside and, yes it was warm, but it was quite pleasant. I very much enjoyed the weather while we were there.

The weather there seemed like Spring in Texas. There were flowers blooming everywhere. Their property extends into the woods. The trees are mostly maples and are full of birds. Sandy said that they had a deer with a fawn, but that it had been weeks since she had seen them. We saw them twice while we were there. Beautiful to look at, but not so good for the garden. Sandy has to usually fence everything off to keep them out of the hostas.

This bed has the Liatris blooming. They were just covered with bumblebees.

You can't really tell, I hoped that the picture would turn out better, but these flowers were just covered with bees. You can make a few of them out. I have yet to see a bumblebee in Texas. In fact, I haven't seen very many bees at all.

A close up the Asters in the garden. Sandy said these come back every year.

Finches at the birdfeeder.

John gong after the Japanese Beetles. He would shake them off the tree into a can filled with soapy water.