Notes to Self

Working 60+ hours a week does not leave enough time to tend the gardens properly and even less time to blog about it.  Fix that.

Five tomato plants is not enough to keep you in tomatoes at the rate I use up tomatoes in season.  Plant more next year.  A lot more.  And more basil.

Heritage everbearing raspberries are the best things ever.  The birds think so too.

Asian tiger mosquitoes are evil evil insects.  They are out biting all DAY, but they seem to be less in the mornings.  They are worst before a storm but if you're willing to garden in a heavy downpour they don't get you. 

Rain water is good for your skin.  It is not quite so good for your wheelbarrow or your bbq grill.

Antique Apple Update

The adorable Yellow Transparent is a good fresh apple and nicely early but evidently not great keepers.  Just 2 weeks in the fridge turned them mealy.  As satisfying as it is to have fresh ripe apples in June I don't think my future orchard will need more than one Yellow Transparent. 

May: Illustrated and not so Abridged

Alum Seed Head

Daylilies

Lavender

Showy Tickseed

American Scarlet Elder

Strawberries

Rain Drops

Casa Blanca Lily

The Back Yard

 

(and yes, those are little apples in the apple trees -- don't tell the groundhog)

April: Illustrated and Abridged

Happy First Birthday My Little Fashionista Friend

 Reversible Baby's Back-Wrap Sundress

 With Co-ordinating Puff Pants

Ummm.... They're called GROUNDhogs?

For reference, that's the top of a 6' fence in the background, and that is definitely Not a silkworm in my mulberry tree.

Columbine

March: Illusustrated and Abridged

One woodpecker

 Two woodpeckers

 Three woodpeckers

 Apple Streussel Pie

 Apple Raspberry Crumb Pie

The End

Spring Walk

Playing

 Daisy

Quiggly

The dogs look good in black and white.  I didn't know that before. Then again, I didn't know my camera had a black and white setting before. 

I finally made time to play and figure out a lot of camera functions this week.  Time to push buttons and see what works and how it works, a little at least. 

When I got the new camera I was happy to have a functional camera again but the newness of it scared me a little.  I left it on the auto setting.  Sometimes that worked, sometimes -- not so much.  Sometimes I just left the camera at home rather than try to figure out how it worked and not get any pictures anyway and miss the scenery for looking at the camera.  But I think those days are over. 

Now if I leave the camera at behind it will be simply because I forgot to re-charge the batteries.  :)