Discovering the Wild West With Grandpa Part 2

I do believe that pictures will be better than words to describe all that we have been getting into with Grandpa on his visit out here. Enjoy!

Discovering the Wild West With Grandpa Part 1

My Grandpa, who is 90 years old has been visiting since Memorial Day weekend. Even though he hated to see all of us move away from the South, he loves to West. He dresses in bolo ties, western shirts and pants, and sometime even cowboy boots. He even loves all the old western movies and music. So, over the past few weeks we have been driving all over the desert showing him the sights. This is just a collection of random photos taken over the last few weeks of his visit. Enjoy!

This Week In My Garden

Here is a shot from last week June 3

This is from yesterday morning June 11

We are finally getting to enjoy some of the things growing in this wonderful garden of ours.  The green beans and eggplant are amazing!

 

The okra has made an appearance, and my brother is hoping it will be ready to eat before he heads back to Tennessee. The corn now has tassels, and you can see baby ears of corn with silk.

 

We are starting to get some red tomatoes, but we have some kind of critter getting to them before us. I thought it was birds, but my neighbor said she thinks it is squirrels and lizards. My brother and I have built a fence to keep these animals out!( more on that to come) However, I have not been awake long enough to go outside and see if it worked!

 

What a blessing this garden is turning out to be!

 

If you have a garden of your own, I would love to see pictures and hear your garden stories. Please feel free to leave a link in the comment section.

 

What To Do When The Tempretature Breaks 100?!?

Well, go swimming of course! I pulled down a giant piece of wadded up plastic and threw it on the garage floor, and Miss O recognized it immediately! She followed me around the garage dragging that pool and repeating "giraffe pool" over and over again. I finally found the pump and got the pool and Miss O outside, but I could not even get it blown up before she was trying to take her clothes off. Her excitement was so cute, and I was shocked that she even remembered the pool from last summer. We already had a play date scheduled for the day, and it took every ounce of Miss O's patience to wait till here friend got here to go swimming. Once he showed up the two of them took off out back and went straight to the pool.

This is right after I blew up the pool.

This is what it looks like when two toddlers play in the water!

Even later in the evening she did not want to leave that pools side

I was pretty disappointed when I realized I did not get any pictures of the kiddos playing in the water, but I was busy. Miss O's friend has a new baby sister and I was holding her and not my camera. What a fun day in the sun. I am so happy for the little yard space we have, and for the nice back porch with a ceiling fan to keep the mamas cool while the kiddos played.

An Unexpected Stop In The Desert

My Aunt Rondia and my Grandpa have both been in town visiting, and yesterday it was time for Aunt Rondia to go home. We all decided to see her off, and then have lunch at In & Out Burger. Well, our timing was not quite right when we left the airport, and it was way too early for hamburgers, so we decided to take a drive to show Grandpa some of the sights. We noticed that the Saguaros were blooming, and we had to stop to get a closer look. As you can tell from the pictures we had no water, hats, or sunblock, also most of us were wearing sandles. Plus, the weather was super hot, and my Grandpa just turned 90, so we did not travel far from the car. However it was so pretty out there, I could not help but to share these pictures with you. Enjoy!

This Week In My Garden

Last week in my garden May 28

This week in my garden June 3

Sorry to overload you with so many photos, but I am just bursting at the seams with excitement because of this garden! However, I feel that the real test is soon to come, with the veggies now making appearances there will be more birds who will try to beat me to the deliciousness. Also, the temperatures are now entering the high 90's and the low 100's, which is hard on all of us especially, the plant folk.

Everything is growing so great! The tomatoes come up to about my rib cage, and there are a bunch of green ones all over the plants. There are about 6 baby eggplants, and my pepper plants are producing so many flowers. The okra is getting so big now that it is thinned out. However, my grandpa who is visiting from Tennessee is an avid gardener, thinks they are still too close.

This garden of our is providing us with so much happiness and excitement, which is something that we really need at the moment. A garden is something that will be in my yard from here on out for sure.

 

If you have a garden of your own and want to share photos and stories please feel free to leave a link in the comment section. I would love to see how your garden is growing!

Happy Tuesday!

Finally Finished!!

Everyone thought I was crazy, and there would be no way I would get this tiny baby sweater finished before the baby got here, but early this morning I proved them wrong!! With my dad being sick, there has been a whole lot of sitting and waiting, and the knitting helped to keep my hands busy.

 According to the pattern, this sweater is only supposed to take about 4 to 6 hours to complete......it took me about 3 months! Now, this has nothing to do with the pattern, but more with my knitting skills and attention span. I am a still considering myself a knitting novice, because with the exception of some wash clothes and a couple of pairs of socks, I have not venture to far out into the knitting world. However, I have to say that this tiny little sweater has inspired me! Who knows what you guys will see me knitting next!