These are the works of art Princess brought home from Nature Art Camp. The pottery bowl story is that I was ooh-ing and aah-ing and telling her I was so proud of the great job she did on it and she had this funny, sort of sheepish look on her face. I asked her what was wrong and she told me that she couldn't remember which one was hers to take home so they gave her an extra with no name on it even though she was positive she hadn't made this one because hers had not been round. The stuff on the pine cone is salt dough, but seriously, after all the mashed potatoes I've eaten this week I could have sworn that is what it was! I was impressed by the very cool fish prints they had made and then she told me they used rubber fish. Sheesh. We always used real stuff when I was a kid!
This is what Baby Bear is eating these days--little bits of lots of stuff. He loves broccoli, cheese, chicken, hot dogs, and most fruit (no raspberries)--I love chopping things up and putting them on his tray and watching him investigate and snarf!
Then my sister send photos of her new kitten and he must be too!
Very cool. The quirk about these cats that fits my fabulous Mau the most is that the moves her tail constantly when she is happy or content--in most other cat breeds this is considered a sign of aggression or distress (at least this is what my vet has always said), but in Mau's it means they are at peace with the world. 
Are you tired of garden photos yet? I love my garden in case you can't tell.
Can you believe there are this many tomatoes on one little vine? These will be Yellow Canary tomatoes which are supposed to be little tiny things.
When my mom came to live with us a couple years back she brought me all her rose bushes. They spent almost three years in pots, and finally got planted next to the driveway during the spring before Bear was born. They spent a year in recovery from my horrific mistreatment of them and this year most of them bloomed beautifully, including this Queen Elizabeth. One day Princess came in and told me she needed to "paint the garden". After some discussion and compromise, I got out the easel and picked one rose for her to do a "study" (how cute is that?) with and she went to town.
These amazing little creatures love the lavender under the driveway trellis. I can't believe I got a picture of a dragonfly!!!
Here are photos of the aforementioned yard clean-up my husband did this week. This is out back yard.
Happy new little pumpkin.
Still happy larger pumpkin.
Turned yellow but still strongly on the vine pumpkin (I even tugged on it).
What happens shortly thereafter :( WHY?????
See all those cute little Blue Lake beans?
This was one day's harvest from only three of our pots! The strawberries are doing well this year.
I have no idea what kind of tomato this is--it is one of the orphan plants I picked up on the side of the road with the "free" sign on it--but it looks as though it may be ready to eat soon!
The Snap Dragons have been roaring this summer--they didn't bloom until November, and then, quite pitifully as you might imagine, so I was surprised they survived and surprised they thrived!
I have corn with feathers! I have 4 corns with feathers!
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Lara,
You are blogging like crazy! This is such a treat. Let me just say, I am totally jealous of your garden, who built your box for you? I reaaaaally want to attempt one next year, and have to talk someone into building me one of those boxes! Maybe I will hit you up for gardening advice!
Great job, I must say, even with little ones around!
Mimi
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