Friday Dog Photo

This morning Adia gave me this look that seemed to say “Where is my is my breakfast tray?”

Evidence of work in the garden

Despite the blog-silence, we’ve been hard at work in the garden. Weeding, mulching and even moving some plants before the hot weather really starts to set in here. More photos to come. Promise.

When will our sunflowers bloom already?

Good job sunflowers. You’re growing tall and strong and doing a pretty good job of disguising the ugly side of our neighbor’s house. Now it’s time to make some flowers. Please?

UPDATE: They’re here!

Friday Dog Photo

Happy Friday from Piper!

Bringing the outdoors in

Inside the house you’ll find reminders of the outdoors. A vase of flowers, fresh picked vegetables on the kitchen counter, and a bowl of rocks in the living room. I don’t know why we seem to collect rocks. After a walk in the forest, a stroll on a beach or almost any outdoors excursion we’ll find small souvenirs in our pockets — rocks or shells or sometime pinecones.

Each one has a memory.

What’s blooming this week

Here’s what’s blooming in the garden this week. Click on a photo to open the gallery.

Crocosmia

Echinachia

Rudbeckia

Stachys Monnieri

June 9, 2012 [The babies!]

June 2, 2012

May 21, 2012

April 25, 2012

Progress on the tomato front

Our tomato plants are healthy and happy so far and the fruit on this Sweet 100 looks like it will ripen nicely in a few weeks.

This is one of our favorite varieties because the tomatoes are so sweet and numerous and the plants keep producing until fall. We planted two of these and four Roma tomato plants this year because the cherry tomatoes work well for salads and the plum tomatoes will become sauce.

Friday Dog Photo

Adia is ready for her closeup.

Thoughts

“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” Gautuma Buddah.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Friendship

This week’s photo challenge is friendship.

To me, that’s having dinner with friends like these, all of whom have been in my life for 20 years or more.

It’s hard work, friendship. You have to make time to really listen to what’s going on in their lives. We keep trying. And we keep having dinner together.

More weekly photo challenges this week from other bloggers:

• Weekly Photo Challenge – Friendship (pattisjarrett.wordpress.com)
• Weekly Photo Challenge: Friendship (mikehardisty.wordpress.com)
• The Weekly Photo Challenge: Friendship (craftcrazygran.wordpress.com)