Garden of the Chief

My husband likes to work in the garden as a 'therapy'~ but for 11 years we have struggled with any harvest. The plants would come up, but soon wither and die. Last summer his parents dumped some foul smelling cow manure to help enrich the soil.  Boy did it stink~for a long time! But we are now seeing the results.  However, the ugly squash worms have taken residence in some of the squash, and it kinda gives me the creeps! (We did end up spraying) This is the first time we have planted butternut squash.  I have more than I need!  I will be freezing some. Right now I have some zucchini chips in the dehydrator.  The corn will be ready in a few weeks. 

The Chiefs spring garden has done well.

Drought Relief

 Finally the dry  cracked ground is getting a drink. There have been watering bans in place for months. 

 There was even a flood and hail warning in effect as we listened to the thunder and experienced electrical fluctuations.  We heard the severe weather siren that had been silent for years. We are supposed to get more rain this week.  The air feels fresh and clean this morning.

The sun would peek out for a few minutes throughout the day.

Friday nite live

Dropping in on the brothers unannounced can be rewarding  ;)

We grow the only papaya i will attempt to eat~the in laws had taken this one home...and then shared it with us!

My sil making an awesome sweet dessert~i gotta learn that one!

Nature-al

I have been having fun capturing nature around the house

Can't help myself with the roses~they are so pretty and each one is so unique, and changes colors as it matures.

Random Info

I got to drive my kids new car~that is the actual millage  

The Chief has garden shoes~claim to fame...his first pair of nursing shoes...he has had them for 19 years.  Check out those soles!

The first amaryllis blooms this year~among the aloe vera plants

collage of current affairs

This blackbird perches on top of this pole in our yard, and scolds us whenever we are outside. Kind of thinks it is a watchdog I guess.

We have a jasmine bush, and when it is in bloom, it fills the air with such deep fragrance. This is one my husband picked for me just before church one week. I carried it with me all morning breathing in its aroma as long as I could.   

We took a little time to visit a church member that was recently put into a nursing home.  It was a bitter sweet experience.  

My Supreme  Diamond~wearing an Indian outfit that she was given 7 years ago~it fit her then~and it still fits her now! 

As I recall the pants were a little long back then, but she still wore it to church a few times~

The beans I set out to dry after their 24 hour soak got left to dry an extra day~and they sprouted!

yel*low bird

This plane carries and delivers pesticides.  It sprays onto the farmers crops in the area. Each time the plane  zooms over our house I am reminded that it means we are possibly going to be exposed once again to carcinogens. There once was a field just beyond our property fence line that would hire this plane to spray his crops. And even though this field no longer exists, there are others nearby, and we still see the plane circle over our home. I strongly believe that is one of the factors that influenced my sons development of leukemia. While my children were young I was not aware of the health hazard in my own backyard. But then there is not much I can do about it, for the residue can be in the air for a few days~depending on the way the breezes blow. They never spray when there is a wind. Therefore the poison can hang around even longer. Eighty percent of the patients at the childrens cancer clinic are leukemia patients. There is a link~i am convinced.