The heat in the sunroom bay window this summer was really hard on houseplants when there was no air conditioning to cool the room. I just spent an hour trimming dead stalks and long strands of succulent leaves and poking them into dirt and/or water to see if they'll root in either place. The inspiration for this work was snagging a little Peperomia at Aldi. I've repotted it in a larger pot (from what it was stuffed into to send to the store with the root bundle about a 1/2 inch taller than the pot). It seems they're sometimes epiphytes so the soil I put it in may be all it ever needs for a long time. It was in a peat moss and now that's mixed in.

In the back yard I dug out and potted two lantanas and if they survive (they always do - they're tough plants) I'll plant them in the front as species (single) plants to grow and provide their natural shape and color (no trimming or putting them in a hedge). I also have a couple of small redbud trees to plant in the back of the back yard (beyond the fence, near the creek.) It's up into the 90s today and tomorrow but with cool mornings I'll be gardening and walking the dogs early. (The lantanas are plants springing up after a bed I had in the back yard years ago was cut down. The roots were still in place and it sends up plants every year. When I decide I want to transplant some I let a few sprigs grow for a while then dig them out with a chunk of the old woody root.) Some of these things I grow in the yard here Dorothy probably puts in pots at her house. My peppers are all in the ground, but I might see about putting one in a pot before the first frost and see if it will survive the winter. Or I could save myself the work and buy one at Home Depot for $4.99 and pot it.

It's Friday and the first time after six months of alternate day fasting when I had a snack splurge. I made guacamole and was doing some cooking that I sampled that wasn't added to MyFitnessPal. I'm slowly learning how to maintain a weight level and enjoy not always counting calories.