Springing Up All Over

May 28, 2009

I just finished eating a huge bowl of lettuce, and its sheer yumminess inspired me to share with you the latest pictures of our garden.  Seems like each time I look, it’s grown a little more.  Here you can see the lettuce bed:

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And here, for your perusal, are the cabbage and tomato plants.  The tomato plants already have many small tomatoes growing on them.

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And check it out — we’ll have broccoli!  When we bought these broccoli plants, they were pretty spindly, and we weren’t sure they’d make it.  But they’ve grown up strong and sturdy.

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Did I mention I love green beans?

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And corn:

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Here’s a close-up of the potato plants.  Can’t wait for the potatoes — I use lots of potatoes in my cooking.

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And as if all that isn’t yummy enough, I noticed, on yesterday’s hike, that the wild blackberries on the mountain are starting to form.

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I hiked up the trail which leads to the tadpole stream.  Right now, the trail is festooned with flowers.

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Our tadpole rescuees were swimming around like crazy in the stream, but when I moved closer, and they perceived my shadow, they scurried under the masses of leaves in the stream.  They’re growing larger bit by bit, and I was happy to see that they are thriving.  Here’s a somewhat blurry picture I managed to get of a straggler.

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Back home, the bubby bush is blooming.  It smells wonderful — like apple pie baking in the oven.  And in front of the bubby bush are flowers whose blossoms are so heavy they can’t stand up on their own.

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Many thanks to Dorothy for a fabulous review of Mirror Blue!  And I’m working along on my next novel, Patchwork Stained Glass.  I recently finished a draft of Chapter Six, and I’ll work on Chapter Seven tonight.

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14 Comments

  1. amie
    Posted May 28, 2009 at 7:48 pm | Permalink

    awh! I love your garden! we got corn starting to show. I loved the review of your book, I can’t wait to read it!

  2. kimmi
    Posted May 28, 2009 at 8:18 pm | Permalink

    The bubby bush is a beauty and wow to that garden, yummers!

    Whoo hoo, ((((my friend)))) on the new work coming along! Awesome!

  3. Bobbi
    Posted May 28, 2009 at 8:35 pm | Permalink

    What a beautiful garden! I’m jealous – my tomato plants to have any blossoms yet. Congrats on the new book progress!

  4. Paul
    Posted May 28, 2009 at 8:52 pm | Permalink

    Wow! What a magnificent flower. Every time I see your garden I get hungry. I bet that food tastes like heaven. Lunchtime…

  5. Leah J. Utas
    Posted May 28, 2009 at 9:22 pm | Permalink

    Nummy. Nummy. Nummy. Just got my garden in today. It’ll be a while before I can taste anything from it. I’ll be content to look at yours for now.

  6. thommalyn
    Posted May 28, 2009 at 9:40 pm | Permalink

    Thanks, Amie! I hope you enjoy Mirror Blue. :) And yippee that your corn is starting to sprout!

    Kimmi — mmmm, that lettuce sure is delicious, and I can’t wait ’til everything’s ready to pick. Won’t be long now! (((((hugs)))))

    Thank you, Bobbi! I’m sure you’re tomatoes will be coming along soon. Love home-grown tomates!

    hehe, Paul! The garden has the same effect on me. Every time I see it, I’m thinking nom, nom, nom.

    Leah — definitely nummy! Great news that you got your garden planted today. :)

  7. Julia Smith
    Posted May 29, 2009 at 12:10 pm | Permalink

    I love your trail shot of the path festooned with flowers. And your garden is absolutely beautiful. Every vegetable is gorgeous to look at.

  8. thommalyn
    Posted May 29, 2009 at 12:30 pm | Permalink

    Thanks, Julia! I’m proud of that garden, and I can’t wait until everything’s ready to eat — won’t be long!

    I love the trail festooned with flowers, too. Those flowers are everywhere on the mountain now. :)

  9. Jannie Funster
    Posted May 29, 2009 at 6:33 pm | Permalink

    Looks right out of Better Homes & Bardens – the garden part.

    Did you have a little Newmans’ balsamaic vinaigrette on your lettuce? I loves me some of that on mine.

    Do you think you’ll get some chickens, for your own eggs – if you haven’t already? Shoot some deer and you’ll want for nothing store-bought, eh? :) (Or are you vegetarian? Vegan?)

  10. thommalyn
    Posted May 29, 2009 at 8:17 pm | Permalink

    *grin*, Jannie — thanks! We’re very proud of that garden. And Newmans’ balsamic vinaigrette rocks! Lately, I’ve been eating Caesar salad dressing on the lettuce, and it rocks, too.

    We’ve actually joked about getting some chickens, but we live too close to a highway for that — the poor things would get flattened. I have eaten venison, but I couldn’t kill a deer — I can’t even kill a bug; I put them outside when I find them in the house, lol! :D I eat meat sometimes, but I lean more toward the veggie side.

  11. Susan Helene Gottfried
    Posted May 30, 2009 at 6:28 am | Permalink

    Well, my clematis is starting to bloom. Maybe I’ll get the flower pots filled yet this year…

    I wish you were coming to Lori Foster with us… maybe next year?

  12. thommalyn
    Posted May 30, 2009 at 12:48 pm | Permalink

    Maybe, if I can swing it. I hope you have a great time. Looking forward to hearing all about it! :)

  13. Dorothy
    Posted June 2, 2009 at 4:02 am | Permalink

    You sure do have a green thumb! Everything looks so delicious already.

  14. thommalyn
    Posted June 2, 2009 at 8:18 pm | Permalink

    Thanks, Dorothy! There’s going to be lots of yummy eating around here. :) (((((((((((hugs, KS!)))))))))))