Thermometer topped off at 102 degrees by 3 PM.................in the shade........... on the mountain.  Summer squash is ripening smaller than usual.  Cylindra beets are popping out of the ground and I picked a half dozen Dragon's Egg cucumbers today.  Made a couple of cheese sandwiches on oatmeal bread mid-morning for a snack.  Actually, I was curious about the black krim tomatoes and wanted to cut into one and see what the inside looked like and see if it tasted as delicious as it looked.  Not disappointed!

They are a beautiful deep red inside and taste scrumptious.  We also sliced another one for our salad at lunch and added a fresh cucumber.

more black krim and the first Dragon's Egg cuke

These two are awesome and are keepers.  I have seven new tomatoes started for the fall garden, two of which are the black krim.

cukes and cylindra beets

This morning when Cliff walked out onto the porch, he was greeted by a doe standing in the driveway.  She nibbled on some greens and walked down the slope into the woods.  A little later as I was mixing some Miracle-Gro  in a bucket for my vegetables, I heard a snorting sound coming from the north side of the house.  The huffing noise is a warning to other deer.  With its white tail straight up, the deer leaped over logs and brush and disappeared into the forest.  We never get tired of seeing the deer.  We feel so at peace when they appear.