It's hot, hot, hot

It's so hot again today, and it looks like another summer storm is coming. We have had spectacular, but scary, thunder and lightning lately. I was out in my gardens today and after 45 minutes of weeding, a little deadheading, watering and fertilizing the pots out front (the first time of the season!), I was totally soaked with sweat. The mid-summer heat has just leeched any flowering out of most of my annuals, so I'm hoping the little boost of food I gave them today will get them perked up and flowering again. It's so hot -- heavy and humid -- not a good gardening day.