fun at the children's discovery museum

Well this past saturday we were treated to a fun filled day at the cdm by mwa! And the kids all had a blast!

Do you see what I see?

My sister got me hooked on taking fire photos to see what we can catch in the flames............

what do you see?

Let me tell you what I saw......in pic #1 I see a flying lizard

in pic #2 I see the side view of a wolf howling

in pic #3 I see the outline of a hooded figure

in pic #4 I see 2 winged creatures...like a dragon taking flight and a winged creature (top) sitting looking to the right side

in pic #5 I see the side view of a person's face and what looks like a winged creature or a fairy sitting along the cheekbone....

now I love to know what you see.

Moonlight

I love it out to the campsite we have our camper at on beautiful clear nights because this is what I get to see when there are no clouds in the sky.................

platform jumping event

And now miss mikayla will attempt her famous high jump off the camp platform





Here we see her preparing herself for this tremendous feat.....


on your mark...............


get set..................



JUMP!!!!!!!!!!!
(LOL notice how shutting the eyes seems to help!)

taaaaaaadaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!! perfect landing!!!

Veggies galore!

Man it doesnt seem like it can already be July!! Incase you wondered why I havent updated my blog lately except for the pictures of the pool yesterday here is why! When I started my garden in May I thought for sure after those cold snaps that we had that I was going to lose most if not all of my plants but it seems that it cold snap didnt bother them a bit!! This is what my garden now looks like!

This is the full view of the entire garden.

These are my butternut and winter squash plants and they are loaded with squash!! mmmmmI can taste them already!!!

this is garlic to the left, cabbage and brussell sprouts and then my lettuce which is coming back nicely. Almost lost it all no thanks to a hungry little ground hog but I fenced him out lol and then my pepper plants are in the next row and they are all loaded with peppers!!

And my corn is shooting right up!

and here is an acorn squash plant that is loaded with squash!

and one of my zucchini plants that has a few on it that are almost ready to pick!

and one of my watermelon plants that I have a few little baby watermelons growing!

And I just added these to my collection of plants...3 grape plants on the right and I just found a cluster of grapes on one of them!!! and 2 blackberry bushes to the right

and these are my green/yellow beans and they are also loaded with beans!! and the orange container at the end is cucumbers and it has a bunch of cukes on it! and to the right is some spinach and a few egg plants at the end of these 3 rows.

sorry for the sideway glance lol but these are my cucumbers and I have a ton of them growing to!!!

and here are almost all of my tomato plants and I looked tonight and they are all full of tomatoes with a ton of flower buds that will all be tomatoes lol omg good thing I am going to learn to can!

and this little guy is my peter pan squash and well I havent seen any little squash yet but there is still plenty of time!

and this is a spaghetti sqash plant and it is loaded with squash to!

and here are a couple pictures of my black beauty peppers that have grown so fast!!

this is one of my summer squash plants that is loaded to!

and these are my upside down planters there is one way to the left that you cant see in this picture that has jack be little pumpkins growing in it and from left to right it is a cherry tumbler tomato plant, pumpkin pie plant, egg plant, red and orange pepper plants and the last green pot is another type of cucumber plant

Pool time!!

Gardening time!

Well I cant believe it has been over a month since I last posted anything on here! But I have a really good excuse lol and I can explain lol I have been working on my veggie/herb garden....I went from a 20'x20' to a 20'x50' garden! I know it is a lot of extra work but it is going to be so worth it! Now, I just need to learn how to can and freeze properly lol but that will come in time!

This is the first part of my garden which has corn and sugar snap peas

Then I have a whole row of garlic and then a row of cabbage and brussel sprouts and the row next to those is romaine lettuce, red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, and buttercrunch or buttercrisp lettuce..cant remember the exact name.

Then next to the lettuce row I have all green peppers and some black beauty peppers, and then the next row is all green and yellow beans and I have 12 more green and yellow bean plants started inside as I ran out of plants to fill the row so I started a few more to fill it in and then I planted the first half of the row next to the beans with beets and the other half will be spinach as soon as it is up and ready.

Then I planted half a row of pickling cukes and the 2nd half with canteloupe and various melons and the 2 rows next to the cukes and melons are a Mr. Stripey tomato plant with 6 early girl tomato plants and then I have 7 super sweet 100 tomato plants next to those

then next to the tomatoes I have a whole row of radishes and then a whole row of carrots and the a row of buttercup squash and winter squash and then I have the herbs

Here are where my herbs are..sorry it is a far away shot but in there I have planted, just to name a few, chocolate mint, peppermint, angelica, lungwart, mugwart, catmint, catnip, chamomile, lavender, elacampane, lady's mantle, paprika, radicchio, and there are also 2 rows of onions, sugar baby watermelon, and zucchini and summer squash and I still have dill, parsley, sage, cilantro, rosemary, thyme, anise, and a bunch of others that I cant remember off the top of my head! lets just say it is a lot! lol but if everything grows like I hope I will be able to package all my own herbs and all my own veggies! mmmmmmm my mouth is just watering thinking about all that fresh food!!


And I was so happy to see these!!! my baby carrots have sprouted!!


and this is how big my corn is already!!! I always start my corn inside and then transplant out in the garden! it seems to work ok!


and my baby radishes have also sprouted!!! well gotta get back to the garden! Will update as the garden grows!!!