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Lunch...every day

Mmmmmmmmmm....

romaine lettuce
cucumber
avacado
red onion
walnuts
feta cheese
craisins
raspberry vinegerette

and for desert,
LF cottage cheese
Activia light vanilla
chopped berries

Omega 3s, antioxidants, protein, veges, probiotics, fiber, and de-lish.

The Honeybird

(Before embarking upon the reading of this post please change the reading voice in your head to "English accent" except for in the parenthases. Thank you.)
Once upon last Thursday as I was wandering aimlessly in my garden as I very often do (it is so peaceful and tranquil and I feel like Golum as I crouch around picking peas and strawberries and eating them all the while drooling and thinking "YES, MY PRECIOUS!!"), as I approached the peas a loud sort of humming noise graced my left ear. Thinking it was a gigantic Chinese beetle I spazzed and arms went flailing to keep it from getting in my quaf of hair. I looked up to see my assailant only to espy the darlingest (not sure if that's a word) little baby humming bird perched upon the chicken wire which upholds those very same peas I was mentioning. Very slowly and carefully I backed away, hardly breathing for fear of scaring him away and once out of view I sprinted inside, put on my long zoomy lens (technical term) and headed back outside hoping he was still there.
He was.
I took pictures.
Lots of them.
Of the little bird.
Sitting amongst my precious peas.
I was having such a jolly time when out of the house and toward the garden came a horrible gremlin. Once spotting the little bird the gremlin couldn't resist and drooled over the bird as I do over my peas and strawberries. Despite my best efforts the gremlin drew too close to the bird which then took flight and headed to the top of a neighboring tree. Methought that was the end of my story (and you hoped it was, didn't you!?)
BUT ALAS! Not TWO DAYS LATER I was wandering aimlessly in the garden and that self-same little bird was resting on my metal tomato plant holder-upper (also technical term).
Again I got my camera.
Again I took way too many pictures.
Of the little tird. I mean bird.
But this time, the Honeybird (as called by the little gremlin) sat there, proud to be my model.
I moved closer. Then closer.
I so close my lens would not focus.
I reached out my arm. It didn't flinch.
I stuck out my finger. He didn't move.
I STROKED THE HONEYBIRD'S BACK.
He flitted to the peas.
So I picked some of my delicious blooming jasmine from an obliging bush and slowly held it out to my friend.
And he drank from the flowers.

And I didn't get a picture.

But I was Mary Poppins for one small moment. Child fantasy #8, check.

Some more

Sorry this is really really boring. You'll understand what the heck is going on when you read the next post.

Testing Colors

Holy cow, can you see that???

I am testing a different way to work with pics to show their real colors on blogger. I thought there would be a bit of a difference but it looks like a big difference to me!

That's all.

Oh, crud, I just realized I posted this on our family blog and not on my photography one. It's been a long day. Dadgummit! Oh well. Sorry if this post didn't make you smile, Peggy :)

June has been an awesome month so far. The weather has rocked and it even rained pretty good the other day. The boys had a blast playing in the water and managed to not get hurt or struck by lightning. Imagine that! I have savored every day of cooler weather because I know the heat is gonna hit before we know it. I just LOVE having the widows open. I am so lucky to live in a place where I get to do that like 8 months out of the year. It's awesome. Well I'm off to bed (you think I should be? It's only 10 'til 1. I took a Sunday nap, though)

Don't you wish your legs were as cute?? I sure do. Mine have similar rolls and dimples but for some reason I just can't pull it off like he does.
Night!

I've been grading quizzes for HOURS

Actually, not.
BUT we finally have a winner. After all the excitement and build-up and the emotional rollercoaster...The winner is.........

PEGGY OLSEN!! WAHOO!!!
Peggy was the only one to get #2 like 99% correct. What I was LOOKING for was yellow squash. She put summer squash (crookneck). I decided I would give it to her which put her over the top. Way to go, Peggy. Your years of gardening and hard work have finally paid off. The $5 gift card goes to you (email me your address and I'll get it to ya)
To the rest of you- here are the real answers (p.s. I was really impressed with everyone's answers. It makes me feel so much less nerdy!)

BEANS
YELLOW SQUASH
STRAWBERRIES
PEAS
TOMATOES
CHIVES *BONUS- CILANTRO
GREEN ONIONS
GRAPES
POMEGRANITE- Yay, Kellee is the only one who got this!
MULBERRY TREE- Muahahahaha!! My trick question. No one got this one.
BUTTERNUT
PEACHES
Thanks everyone who participated. For everyone who didn't- you are lame. (or you don't check my blog often enough. :)
Happy Gardening!

HA! :)

Here's a small hint:
#2 is not zucchini!!!!
Oooohhhh....the suspence is killing you, isn't it???
Happy gardening.

Quiz Extended

Okay, I'm extending the quiz until Friday night. Email me your answers. Don't worry I won't laugh at them (too hard :)