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Summer daze

07/03/2015 by Holly

bitties

Ah, summer.  That time of year when very specific additives are incorporated into the pool water.

 

Last night we ate some life-changing green beans. I think I was annoying David because I kept saying WOWTHESEARESOGOOD.

Green beans at twilight.

Green beans at twilight. {Vampire style.}

I’m going to need him to fully appreciate how much better those green beans tasted.  I think I will go wake him up and ask them if he remembers them.

Does food just taste better when you coax it out of the ground? Either that or it’s all the fertilizer exposure of late. I’ll let you know if I start glowing fluorescent. But the bitties would probably appreciate that.

#mommynightlight

 

Updates from here:

The sunflower case has picked up a lead.  That lead is in the form of a squirrel that was literally stalking my porch this afternoon.  I went outside to shoo it away and realized MORE SUNFLOWER LEAVES WERE CHOMPED RIGHT OFF.  Cuss word.  Since I really don’t think any type of caterpillar muncher is making it up to my patio {right?}, my money is on the rat-cousin.

Also: I was taking some pictures late this afternoon and thought wow that blackberry bush is looking healthy.  Wait a second…those aren’t blackberry leaves…THE PUMPKINS ARE TAKING OVER.

pumpkin bully

Sorry it’s not so hot of a shot…apparently I need my eyes checked because a ton of my shots turned out blurry.  This was the best that survived the delete button.

BUT what I’m attempting to demonstrate here is that the pumpkins are turning into big ‘ole bullies.  They had threaded themselves in and through one blackberry bush and made quick work of latching right on.

Think I’ll have any pathway left by the end of summer?

pumpkins

Ah, who cares.  Charlie Brown will be totes jelly–my yard will be a pumpkin patch!

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I'm Holly from zone 7b.
My veggies grow above ground where the rabbits help themselves, and the flowers grow in ground where the children help themselves. Sometimes I wish I was a pioneer. Then I move the clothes from the washer to the dryer and think better of it.

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