Sowing fall vegetables

I've been busy amending beds and sowing lettuce, arugula, kale, collards, and sugar snap peas.  It's still beastly hot (especially in the Piedmont), so all I can do is water and hope for cooler weather to come.

Hindered by some hand surgery last Thursday for a trigger finger on my dominant hand, I plugged along, with the help of my gardening companion. (The idea is that releasing the tendon will help the finger movement and reduce pain;  the short-term is that the finger is more painful than ever. Oh, well -- movement and stretching is supposed to be beneficial, according to the doctor, and I 'can't do any harm' - he said. Hmm.)

Woody, the river dog...

On a cooling note, Woody, on a recent swim, is the picture of a fellow happy to be in the river.