So we came home last night from  a two-week vacation in Colorado. As soon as I opened our gate to our property, my eyes were happily delighted to find my garden so lush and green. Our teenager neighbor who is also a lifeguard  in our Beach community, whom I asked to water my garden did very well.

This hibiscus usually blooms when I am on vacation. I am so happy to see some buds waited for me  to open.

Steve gave me this  plant as pasalubong in 2003. It's been coming back every summer and blooming wildly.

As soon as I saw these last night, I knew we were going to have pasta with tomatoes and  basil  today,  and so we did!

I gave some to our neighbor...these are more than enough....