Veggies

There are a lot of things growing in my veggie garden, as well. There are quite a few little peppers. I don't know how long it will be until they are fire engine red.





Then there are the cucumbers. This one here has had a few bites taken out already, it appears. I have already picked one and sliced it up and soaked it in vinegar. I had the whole thing eaten by the next morning. Yum-O.
















And then there is my sole surviving pumpkin. It looks to about be ready for picking. The plant is yellowing and dying back. It turned into a good sized sucker. I look forward to seeing how it tastes!

Flower garden

Here are some pictures of my flowers in full bloom. I have my sunflowers from Libby's spring birthday party. I had set the sunflower seeds in a bowl and each participant got to plant some to take home. When the party was over, Scott was helping me clean up outside and he just tossed the rest of the seeds in the flower bed beside the picnic table. He picked up the bowl of leftover dirt and asked me what to do with it, and I said, "I guess you should put it over top of the sunflowers that you just planted." For whatever reason, he didn't realize that those were real sunflowers.





Then we have the yellow Mum that grew back by itself from last Fall. I had set the three dead Mums behind the house last winter and never got around to doing anything with them. Then I noticed this spring that the one started to get green again. So here it is, July, and I have a fully blooming Mum. (I actually have a big pot of Pansies that did the very same thing. I guess I benefit from being too lazy to clean out pots of old dead flowers.)









Next we have the Galartia that is just ginormous. I transplanted a small bit of it last summer from my mom's house, and it got huge. Beautiful fallish oranges and yellows.









And finally is my cone flower (Echinacea). I love the color of these, as they throw their arms back and reach their nose to Heaven.










What do you have blooming in your yard?

Check these out

I was messing around with the settings on my camera after a great friend and fellow photography junky told me a few tips. Most of the pictures came out normal, like the first picture here.

But then I got a few of these. Pretty cool, huh?

Attachment parent in training

Hmm, I wonder where she got the idea to do this.

snotty slimy baby

Here are some pictures of my slimy snotty teething boy. When he doesn't have a shirt on (in case you haven't noticed by now, my children spend most of the time with very little clothes on) he just gets so slimy. He needs to get a tooth, and soon!!

Check out the snot.

Here he's looking at the big tree outside.


This is actually Libby's blanky that he getting all snotty and wet. That's what happens when she brings hers over to him.

Playing music

Here are some pictures of my babes playing music in the sunshine coming through the window. I saw them playing and just couldn't not take some photos. Unfortunately, Libby was in her usual attire of nothing but panties, so I can't post any of her. I loved the sun shining on their skin! They had a blast, and I had a blast watching them.

Let's ID some bugs, shall we?

Here are some of the bugs that I got during my last pest pick-up. I just bit the bullet, donned a glove, and knocked these guys to their death. Now I need a little help figuring out what they are. I know the "pretty bug" in the middle is a Japanese Beetle, and boy are they fast. Fortunately the ones that ran.. er.. flew.. away have not come back yet. The smaller guys with the spots on them are the one that like the squashes, right? They were on my pumpkin plant (which, by the way, only has that one big pumpkin on it, because any smaller ones that start to grow get eaten by something...bummer). The one I need help with is the one that looks like a ladybug but is bigger and orange. You may have to click on the picture to see them better. They are orange, with orange legs and head, and have black spots on them, not red with black spots, legs, and head like ladybugs. Are they some sort of lady bug that I haven't seen before? They looked like they were eating the leaves and flowers that they were on. I only got the two that I saw right away in case I actually want them there. I know the squash type bugs have the same coloring, but they are more long and narrow, as opposed to these being short and round. Alright, any thoughts?