The garden again...

This was the garden path yesterday afternoon.  The tomatoes are growing, and I have a couple of volunteer plants that now have their own little hill!  One of them seems to be a cherry tomato, and the other doesn't .  So it will be interesting to see what we get!

The volunteer plants are closest to the viewer, just to the left of the path. 

Here's a view of my little gnomie man, through the pinky-purple statice.

This is the "Heirloom Black plum" tomato plant, side by side with the Orange Russian.  And a few marigolds for color and spice.   

You can see that there are a few ripening.

Tomatoes in the Yard....

My neighbor Mary got me into this.

 She was going to plant tomatoes along our shared fence and said, why didn't I plant tomatoes too?

I haven't ventured with tomatoes for several years now, but I thought I would try it.

Of course, preparing the soil takes awhile, especially when it's compacted, and sandy, and there's a whole layer of green nylon mesh from when someone laid sod years ago.   

While I was at it, I decided to continue replacing the lawn with blue festuca, interspersed with a few other fun things.

 The tomatoes are looking really happy these days. 

(So are the irises and the statice...)

At the turn of the year...

On the last day of 2011 I went for a walk with my sisters.

Watching twilight come down in Kentucky...


My sister borrowed my phone and took this beautiful pic through the tree branches.


Then I was inspired and took this one.


The first day of the year we went to my brother's little church near Owensboro. We drove home with twilight coming down...

The sun through the winter trees...

..and flashing over the hill...

Spike...

Here I am with Spike the iguana.

Isn't he awesome?


I want an iguana!

Kentucky afternoon...

Kentucky sky, with hollyhocks.


One white blossom left...and some pink ones around the side of the house...


Purple martin house on a long pole...


House on the hill...

Running to the house!


Deer in the back yard...they know they are safe...


This is at my parents' home in western Kentucky.

Right now I'm in Ohio and I can hear the cicadas vibrating the air outside. Summer evenings...

Being a Warrior...

These days I'm advocating for a little boy in Eastern Europe. Valentin just turned five; he has cerebral palsy, and he lives in an orphanage. He needs a family.

See what a love he is?

You can learn more about him on Reece's Rainbow, a ministry that raise awareness and adoption grant funds for special-needs children in other countries. And you can, if you wish, read my other blog about him.

(Come see!)

Sitting here listening to my beautiful daughter doing voice exercises...It takes practice and learning how, to sing.

Sometimes the mermaid sings in the silence. Sometimes she sings with the wind.

Sometimes she sings so only the wind can hear. And the wind listens, and sings along.