Golden Raintree

Surviving first our June drought and then the wind and hail of our thunderstorms, the golden raintree on the corner has now hung out its many young green Japanese lanterns.

It won't be long until they're filtering the sunlight through translucent golden panels.

Thriving Volunteer Ginger Plant

I'm documenting the progress of the little ginger plant that I first reported on here last May 31.

Here it is, in context, on top of the refrigerator, where it can have the maximum amount of daily sunlight possible -- which wasn't much for the first three weeks of June. But today the sunshine is streaming in brilliantly.

The little doll in the background is one I told about in my post for Christmas Eve, last year.