About To Burst

My favorite little flower, "sleeping" on the sunny sidewalk. :-)


I feel overwhelmed with joy and amazement about the garden. It has grown so quickly and is, everywhere, thriving. Except for the basil, which seem to be just too tasty a treat for the slugs. I'm going to take Mom Voelker's good advice and buy some starts because they're just not getting off the ground. And then I keep wanting to pick off the small leaves I do have for dinner. Hmmm.... Considering that I started almost everything from seeds, I can't believe how huge things are getting. There are buds and flowers everywhere you look. In another month the front of our house is going to be very colorful.

First Strawberry

EXPLOSION!! It has been raining so much that I took a couple days away from the garden and now it looks like everything has leaped upwards and outwards. The one exception being my peppers, bell and hot peppers both. They must be waiting for the sun to show itself. Ahh. My garden looks so different from the pictures I posted last week. Wow. Rain is good.