Saturday, July 28, 2018

Herons, gardens, and humor

Heron posing for a picture?
This morning on the walk with the ladies, I was pleased to find that my legs had returned to their usual springiness after more than a week of recovery from my Church Mountain efforts. And halfway around Lake Padden, I saw this heron who does seem to be posing prettily for me. Or maybe he was fishing, but still I was happy to say hello to him (her?).
Our cornfield today
Then I went out to the garden to pull some weeds before it gets too hot, and I see that our corn has tasseled and has some ears beginning to form. Our garden is a veritable cornucopia of goodies right now: I am harvesting beans, zucchini, Sun Gold tomatoes (the little cherry type ones), and cucumbers. My friend John will bring me a bunch of kale from his garden tomorrow, so we are in vegetable abundance here at the end of July.
Aww, so cute!
After I left some zucchini on my neighbor's porch, she sent me this image in  text, and it's so adorable I have to share it with you. None of the squash I left her were crookneck, but after seeing this, I just might have to grow some next year!
:-)

17 comments:

  1. I love those squash critters. How clever. My daughter would say that was a much better use for them than eating them since she dislikes summer squash. I no longer buy summer squash because I've found I too am not as fond of them as I was a kid when we had to eat so much because they were abundant in the garden.

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  2. Hooray for garden goodness.
    Smiling at the squash - and very pleased your legs have recovered.

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  3. LOVE THE SQUASH!! And, it's grat reading that you had spring in your step again. Beautiful heron photo too!

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  4. A spring in your step. What more could you ask for? The squash family made me smile. Enjoy your week.

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  5. Garden abundance is what you call it.

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  6. What a creative use for zucchini!

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  7. Funny squash! Glad your legs are back to feeling normal. The garden will be keeping you busy and full for a while now. Nice! :)

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  8. Those squash are adorable. Love creative folks.

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  9. Good to hear you are back to your old legs:)

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  10. Those squash look so cute. You have a nice neighbor.

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  11. Now there's a yellow bird I don't have on my "life list."

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