My camera lens clouded over when I came outside because of the sudden temperature change, giving a misty appearance where there was bright sunshine.![](//2.bp.blogspot.com/_MPxfHSrhtuI/TGs4xGHsznI/AAAAAAAAAUM/VxibSTK3To8/s400/2010-flowerbed-August+(2)-crop.JPG)
The blue daze were covered in little new blooms every morning, which closed up midday. We planted several varieties of tomatoes, which grew more than head-high before finally rewarding us with a bumper crop of golf-ball-size tomatoes. While eagerly waiting for ripe ones, we enjoyed some fried green tomatoes, a Southern favorite.