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Currently, it’s 108 degrees. My pale freckled face self is avoiding the heat and the sun and staying out of the garden. Instead I’m looking at cooler days to get my mind off the heat. Grab an icy beverage and kick up your feet and gaze at the pretty ocean. About two years ago, we…

This lovely little flower is from my Eggplant. It’s been producing pretty purple flowers all summer long. They flash their pretty purple petals only to drop off and die a few days later. In fact this particular flower has already has fallen off the plant. I think I might be overwatering so I’ve adjusted the…

It was just the other night and I wanted to make my grilled cheese sandwich a little more gourmet. I added some fresh basil and tomatoes from the garden and viola Garden Grilled Cheese Sandwich.

It’s been a busy day and I almost forgot to post something. We are getting ready to drive up to Los Angeles to visit my new niece and to buy a little sail boat. In the meantime, check out my favorite roses from our garden.

Last week I avoided the garden because of the smoke and poor air quality. This weekend I found a lot of little surprises. Jalapeno: We used our first one in our homemade salsa this weekend. I’m going to need a good jalapeno popper recipe because this plant is very vigorous. Green Bell Pepper: Here is…

We went up to Nevada City and camped at Scott Flatt Lake last weekend. It’s about an hour away from where we live and about ten degrees cooler. We able to escape that weekend’s triple digit heat but just barely. However, the hot weather was great for heating up the lake water. We spent the…

As of Tuesday morning, I am a new aunt. Meet my beautiful niece Kaitlyn. She was born seven pounds and 19 inches. She’s my sister’s first child. This is the third time that I have become an Aunt in the past two years. I have an other sister who is due with a girl in…

I’ve been busy working out of town at various conferences. I’ll be back tomorrow for new updates.

We have an abundance of yellow flowers including calendula, dahalias, roses, and of course the sunflowers. Here are the first of the Dahlias. More Sunflowers, this one popped up attached to a former red sunflower. This is the mammoth sunflower that was in the front yard.

The tomatoes and other vegetables are taking their sweet time this year. I was able to harvest my first Green Zebra Tomato with three little cherry tomatoes. These are tricky to pick because they are green and you need to make sure they are ripe. We determined that the tomato was ready when the stripes…