Summer Bachelor post #2

Ten days after the previous pictures were taken, the sunflowers are decked out.
I love this cluster of wine-colored blossoms.
There's no honey bee shortage at the Harris garden, and here's a lone bumble bee enjoying a big treat.
This is Big Bertha. That sucker is bigger than my head (and that's saying something, Grandmommy).
This little fella graciously posed for about 20 seconds while I got my act together with the camera.

Flowery Greeting

Summer Bachelor '07 post #1

When I arrived home facing the prospect of a lonely month in an empty house, I peered around the corner to see how tall the unblooming sunflowers were, and my spirits were lifted by an eager-faced first blossom of the season. I call him Fido.
Here's how the garden grew while I was away for a week. (You can see Fido in the middle--I think he's watching for me to show up again on the north side of the house).

The harvest was abundant. Those zucchinis are bigger than my forearms.

I left the veggies alone on the table while I went to get some groceries. When I came back, I found they shared my thoughts...

I consoled myself by enjoying the bounty. The zucchini on the left provided 8 loaves of zucchini bread, and the four leftover cups of shredded zucchini went into the 6 stuffed bell peppers. The beans got canned, the peppers and cucumbers got pickled, and the tomatoes met their fate at the hands of random snackers. The zucchini on the right is still with us, but its days are numbered.