Garden state

Got to Town Lake a little late this morning. It was pretty hot, so I only did the 5 mile loop.

Afterward, I finished planting the garden bed in back (adding pumpkin, gurken, sweet basil, and Thai basil). The purple hull beans are doing well. I'm trying to go from tallest plants at the fence to the shortest the furthest away from the fence:


And started planting the bed in the side yard (adding snap bean, cucumber Mexican sour gherkin, and sunflower). I'll probably add some more herbs to the near corner:


Also finished reading this book:


And started reading this one:


Two trashy novels separated by 125 years. Good to know some things don't change.