Trip Log

All the way home from Utah I thought of all the great things I was going to blog about. Well, now that I'm home I just can't seem to get to it. So this is notice. Day 1 is coming! I promise. After I get all that other stuff done. . . .

Trip Log

All the way home from Utah I thought of all the great things I was going to blog about. Well, now that I'm home I just can't seem to get to it. So this is notice. Day 1 is coming! I promise. After I get all that other stuff done. . . .

Grow where you are planted. . . .

OK. So, when I plant the seeds, I tell them to grow where they are planted. But come the monsoons, they forget all of my advice and just grow everywhere!

The entire back yard is covered with vines: pumpkins, watermelon, cantaloupe, crook-necks, zucchini,and others that I have forgotten. They cover the carrots, the tomatoes the onions, the peppers. I have to dig through massive vines to find the fruits of my labors!! Ha ha.

The sunflowers on the other hand are drying out. This is the only one still upright, so it's time to harvest the seeds.

And the grapes? They can spread as far as they want to. I love em! What a gorgeous day!

Night time visitors

Right out of a Bug'f Life. Who would ever want to squish a good looking guy like this one?
Is Steven hungry or horrified? All I know is he has this fellow by the horn.
First a gorgeous female Strategus beetle came knocking on our window. We let her in, admired her and set her back outside the back door. Wouldn't you know it, a male wasn't far behind! And he was a really big and handsome fellow. We watched him for awhile and finally let him back outside to play!