Animals, Shopping Lists, Garden and Engagement

Good Morning!

Lets start out with ... animals :)

COWS!

(In Oklahoma)

^Female Soft Coated Wheaten

^ Male Soft Coated Wheaten

^ Poodle mix. SHES SO TINY :D

 

 

And none of these animal belong to me!

 

 

Moving on...

I never got a chance to share my last entry of shopping lists, so here they are... enjoy...

^This one and the one below were on the same paper... I would have started on the white side too, probably.

^This one and the one below were on the same paper... I guess the tree was in the way?

And onto the garden...

^ Can you find the squash?

^ I put up chicken wire because something (probably rabbits) were eating my zucchini flowers. Apparently we can eat them too... You can fry them if you choose or put them in an omelet, pilaf, or salad. But without the flowers, we don't get the squash. I never really thought about the technicalities of growing a squash ... basically the squash stem that is the lighter green on the zucchini comes from the flower after it "dies" and then it grows like a pumpkin vine. I guess I could have figured that out myself since pumpkins are technically a type of squash!

 

Does anyone remember when I said I planted morning glories? Probably not. That's because they never grew... However - when I too a gander at the garden yesterday morning (around 7AM) I discovered these morning glories that my neighbor who is diagonal from me must have planted, AND THEY ARE TAKING OVER!!! I am excited! They are pink and BEAUTIFUL. :) I will enjoy these more than the blue ones that never grew.

 



Here is an overall photo. I would say within the last two weeks the plants have been working really hard to produce fruits and veggies and have grown 25% in size in comparison since their first growth spurt. All of the bean bushes are successfully producing beans. I was able to eat a nice handful yesterday with my macaroni and cheese :D

 

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Next on the agenda... I am now officially engaged (YAY) ... That would be to Kyle... We met in high school and basically that is where I signed off my heart whether I  knew it or not. And to keep things semi-private I won't tell you his last name or post photos of us/our faces. However, I can tell you that I am very happy... He was able to propose to me at the Michigan Renaissance Festival as this was always something we would attend together. His plan A and B fell through so his plan C was to do it where the mermaid pond is ... There is a gazebo. Its a very pretty gazebo and it was overgrown with foliage so not many people saw (maybe 2-3) and we weren't really paying too much attention at this point to the people around us.

 

In sharing this information, I am forewarning you that I may add bits and pieces to this blog about wedding plans and how smoothly, costly, and time consuming the whole process will be. Plus, we only have a few more weeks before mother nature kills my garden. The wedding is planned for the summer or fall or 2013, so we have two years, baby!

 

ADIOS

Peace Project

I just wanted to announce my second submission for TheWhole9.com - Peace Project.
Here is my submission: http://www.thewhole9.com/thepeaceproject-full.php?id= 2750 &y=2013 

I would like to encourage others to participate in something that helps provide positive changes for others.
For artists - they have a section for job postings - something to check out.
And their shop has lovely items made by artists in California.

Its easy to do - sign up (its free) and you are in.

Speaking of signing up, I currently quit Facebook. It was consuming my soul - I will keep you updated on how it has affected me in my daily life and if I believe Facebook is worth it or not. :)

-D