Older and Wiser

I had a birthday.
There was cake, Texas Sheet Cake with chocolate buttermilk frosting made with love by my dear husband.

There were gifts, handmade (masks and necklaces)and store-bought (EA Active).
And Spider Man even made a guest appearance at my party.
It was good.
Now I am 31.

Zucchini

Because you've always wanted a zucchini big enough to cradle in your arms.

Little Readers

These are pictures that bring happiness to my heart.
Seeing my children love reading like I do is a wonderful thing.

If Aeris sees an adult sitting down, she runs to grab a book. She toddles over, book in hand, turns around and backs up into the (hopefully) available lap, and she's ready for her stories. And don't even think of leaving without reading at least 4 books; you wouldn't want to make her cry, would you?

Ethan likes to twirl his hair while he reads. This leads to some funny poke-ups in his hairdo.
We LOVE books!

My Happiness

They are why I do what I do 24/7/365 for the last 7.5-ish years.

The Garden

Here is my square foot garden. I began planting in February. That's when you start in Florida. I planted broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, various lettuces, swiss chard, beets, spinac,h, chives, mint, oregano, thyme and green sweet peas.
At the end of March, I added 3 tomato plants, green beans and bell peppers, cilantro and basil.
I have 2 four foot square boxes and 2 two by four foot boxes. Three of the boxes have trellises on the north side for various climbing plants.

I just want you to see how tall stuff has grown! The trellis for the tomatoes was 6 feet tall.
The green beans were going crazy! They grew up and over the top and started back down! Unfortunately I didn't like the variety I planted and I haven't harvested it much. Next year I'll plant Kentucky green beans (I think that is the variety). I had them before and I really enjoyed their "beany flavor".

And here is a picture of some of the harvest.
I know I didn't mention growing the cucumbers and zucchini but I got them from my next door neighbor and gardening buddy and I'm sure I may have watered them once so I can count them in my harvest:). Besides I didn't ever get a picture of the sweet peas, spinach and lettuces that I had coming out my ears.

I really enjoy gardening. But now that it is getting HOT outside, I'm glad my season is over. I'll take a break until the end of Sept and then I'll be ready for another growing season!