Missing steps, front porch flowers

Renovation in progress

We were given a warning a week or so ago that there would be a disruption of our access to some of the apartments in our complex. The second-story apartments, of which we have one, cannot be accessed from the front where we park our cars. Instead, we need to come and go via the back door, which works just fine in most respects. We are missing the sixteen steps going from the dirt section in the middle of the picture, along with access to the two corridors on both levels going from front to back.

I'm just glad we are down at the end, with three apartments between us and the work going on. At first there was a lot of noise, but now it's intermittent as the renovation seems to be going slowly. At first I felt inconvenienced, but I've gotten used to coming and going through the back door. It gives me a few extra steps every day, anyway. And I got to admire my downstairs neighbor's lovely iris as I walked by. They are gone already, but everywhere around here is lush with June blooms.

Flowers are doing well

I am pleased that my front porch flowers are doing so well, although I notice that the pansies are past their peak; I think I'll replace them with some more petunias, since they just keep growing and expanding their coverage. The left-hand basket is filled with them. And I've got a fern that seems to have weathered the heat we had this weekend. At the present time, we are back to normal Pacific Northwest temperatures, back into the mid-sixties (18°C) instead of 20 degrees warmer, which is what we had during our brief heat wave. I walked outside today and truly enjoyed the cool breeze that greeted me.

Once I reached my quota of steps and exercise for the day, I'm feeling a little lazy and will settle into reading a good book. I've downloaded a few onto my Kindle and think I'll kick my feet up and relax for the rest of the day. Zzzzz.....