We're moving

And that, my friends, is exciting indeed.
August 1. You can welcome me to my new home. YAY!

Dog vs. Crab

So she's not the brightest. Point?

Dog eats jellyfish

Ginger absolutely tore this jelly a new one. Literally. She did the same thing with an opposum two nights ago. Kept us up all night. Grrr..

So I'm back

from
... the garden
... work
... the graduation
... work
... the church
... work
... the vacation
... farmer's market
... the yard sales
... and the things I can't ever remember doing...

I'd love to show you everything I've accomplished over the last, oh, 3 weeks, but that'd take to long. Just go look at my pictures on flickr. I'll keep this post on top, and try to break down each major event into its own post below.

Mandie Mandie quite contrandy

How is your garden doing?

I just got my first zucchini of the year! YAY! Although we have had a serious lack of rain, my garden has grown by leaps and bounds. The cucumbers are rounding out, blooming, and thriving. The tomatoes need to be staked. The tomatoes on my porch need to be planted. My cucuzzi have shot up the trellis, and are blooming. The sunflowers are almost 3 feet tall already! The lettuce garden is doing well, and all is well in the world.


I had a chance to go by the WS Farmer's Market this morning, visit with my girls, and shop for my dinner this week. I came home with locally grown sweet potatoes, blackberries, peas, strawberries, tomatoes (for Mom - and no, they weren't local), and a necklace and earrings from my girls. The peas are on the stove right now, and the strawberries are already filtering through my digestive tract. The last time I went to the market, I bought organic lettuce (to.die.for.), chocolate goat cheese from Sleepy Goat Dairy, broccoli, a Boxcar Willie tomato plant, and some flowers.

I made bread for our Slow Food banquet tomorrow at Levering Orchard in VA. I'm going to pick cherries tomorrow with my favorite girls! Oh, and Bobby, too. YAY!