Swimming time. We took measurements and pictures at the beginning of this summer to see if they do any growing before school starts. It's one of my motherly missions - put a little mass on these fellows of mine! If only Otter Pops would do the trick.
Meet Kit, or Kitty. I know, I know, it's soooo original. Her other name is Tommy Girl which the twins originally named her. Field Mousing and Silly Antics are her specialties. She comes around in the mornings for breakfast (which, occasionally is a bowl of warm milk, much to Jay's chagrin) , later she'll drop by to see if anything interesting is going on that she may want to be part of (strangely, she likes to garden) and for an evening chat and cuddle on the porch. I'm the only one in the family who adores her (funny, I'm the only one in the family that she likes). She always makes sure we know she's her own boss. (She would not look at the camera no matter how I coaxed, nope, nope, nope. She did not get warm milk for breakfast)
Watch out world, here come some fantastic youth that will make a big difference for good. I guess I love 'em and I'll (sniff, sniff) miss 'em. Expecially the handsome one in the middle. Who will take over chocolate chip cookie and orange smoothie duty? And how will we adjust to the silent piano? Or the absence of Old Spice and Irish Spring scent lingering downstairs in the morning?And how can you feel grief and joy at the same time? 'Tis a puzzlement!' (name the movie that line came from and I'll know someone is really reading my blog after my long silence)
The View From HereAh. Country life has its perks. This view of the Manti temple is one of them. The sound of the wheel lines close to the house is another. The turkey and feed lot smell is another. Wait . . .
On my morning run this amazing 'cloud rainbow' began my day with wonder and awe. The picture doesn't do it justice but I wanted to take it anyway. Have you ever seen such a thing? I have! (now)
Our baby garden. Those are home made pots from newspaper. Next spring I will post the easy instructions (I didn't this year because I didn't know how well they would work) . This picture is a little old, but the seedlings grew stocky and strong - as healthy as pro. nursery stock and for pennies! (and time - you have to like the gardening proccess to enjoy this project. I do.)
Caesar salad anyone? Actually, this picture is about 3 weeks old and the last of the romaine lettuce from my new hot house is in the fridge now. (we gave some away because it came on so much all at once) I love a gardening success story - no matter how small.
