When you want something done . . . don't ask your husband!

For over a week, I had asked Drew to add a stake to my tomatoe plant. He didn't. And the weight of the maters broke the branch - see the white break in the very middle. Since I'm a first time tomatoe grower, I learned my lesson and next time, I'll buy a metal cage when I get the plant.

This is the "oh, oh. I'm in trouble" look.

Nice and tied up. Hopefully, there was enough of a connection that the tomatoes survive, but I'm not feeling strongly about it. There are about 5 tomatoes on that broken branch.

My red bell peppers. The blooms have died off and the peppers are going to start forming.

My newest addition. This thing loves the full sun. I hope it'll survive the hot summer.

This is my dwarf lemon tree. It has no blooms and I'm worried I won't get any lemons this season, but I still have time and am keeping my fingers crossed.

Yum!

I love my chick-in-a-egg.

Father's Day

Sadly, we didn't really celebrate Father's Day, and we had a hockey game to go to. But Drew wasn't forgotten about. He did finally get the camera he's been wanting and is having a great time getting to know the features.

At this hockey game, he was able to go out to the players bench to get closer to the game. He took this picture, which I didn't know about, of me, Brandon, and Samantha. Mike surprised us and brought Nicholas and Samantha to the game while Lauri was off with friends. Afterward, we barbecued and went swimming. But for some reason, this is the only picture we have of the day.

No Ropies!

Tetherball anyone?

Veggie Tales

My family is just going to have to acquire a taste for grilled eggplant, because they're a growin'.

The newest addition to my in-a-pot veggie garden.

Meet The Red Bell Pepper.

Tomatoes! Count them - 11! And no salmonella :-)

Quote of the Week

This totally applies to my blog!

"Typos are very important to all written form. It gives the reader something to look for so they aren't distracted by the total lack of content in your writing."
Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 07-03-05

Good conversation on a Sunday morning

Monty: Hey, Ginger. Stand on my back and try to hit the latch.

Ginger: Where would you go if we could open the door right now?

Monty: I'd try to find that racoon again

Ginger: I would chase some bunnies.

Monty: Yeah, that looked like fun.

Ginger: Maybe I'd go across the street and let Cody smell my butt.

Monty: He's a dumb dog. Why does he bark at cars?

Ginger: You're right. Now, Jack is one hot German Shephard.

Monty: You are so shallow.

Shh! She's eavesdropping!

Just Us

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Ginger Vitis (Get it?)

Because they wouldn't let me name her Python. Since we already had a dog named Monty, I thought it would be great to yell "Monty Python" when calling them.

She's been digging!

This camera has a "sports" mode?

We clearly need more practice. This is our first attempt at catching the boys in action.

Arm or bootie?

It's arm!! Of course! I would never post a bootie!

Flower Power

Tomatoes! We have tomatoes!

This pretty purple flower becomes . . .
. . . an eggplant!! Too bad I'm on the only person I know who likes eggplant. This is my first one.
We have a new camera so I decided to try capture how pretty our backyard is looking right now, while everything is in bloom. Which will only last about one more month because it will get extremely hot out here very quickly.

My Day Lillies are gorgeous right now.

An Agapanthas ready to bloom.
My yellow Day Lillies.


This is a Butterfly shrub. It's about 6 feet tall right now.

I have no idea what this is. Kinda looks like a weed, doesn't it? Maybe it's called a Lamb's Ear. Maybe not.
I don't know what this is called (although I bought it) but the flowers are really pretty. This is the first year they've actually bloomed - I suspect the dogs were eating them.
Please don't eat the daisies.