The Crazy Squash Patch

The official squash photographer

The squash patch to end all squash patches. That is what we have on our hands. We've attempted to grow them before....with maybe two or three actually surviving til harvest. Then came this year. It just so happens that with the winter from h-e-double hockey sticks, we couldn't plod through the snow all the way to the back compost bin.....so we just dumped it in a little spot in the garden. Spring came, we planted our squash seeds....then the squash went crazy. My brilliant six year old reminded me that this spot was the very same spot we dumped our compost....so it DOES work!

This is one of the giants that keeps growing...and growing....and growing.



And yes, that is a TWELVE inch ruler.

Drying Cherry Tomatoes

We will dub today "Day of the Cherry Tomato". They will not win this year....I will win....I will dry out their little red butts...they will not laugh at me until the first frost...mocking my inability to use them all up. HA HA cherry tomatos!! I SHALL WIN!!

They are making a valiant effort to produce more than any human can possibly harvest.

BUT. WE. WILL. WIN.
I set up my little drying racks...I used screens that were in the basement...they need to be plastic screen (not sure what would happen with metal...rust?).




Sliced each one in half. Sprinkled the whole show with a tad of salt to speed up the process.

Then invited them all to the Big Top. Where they shall shrivel and dry....and delight us all winter long. :-)

Introducing my evil assistant....my doer of dastardly deeds....okay, he just handed me the tomatoes...I did the dirty work.

And it's best to do your dastardly deeds in

inside out, backwards underpants, with dinosaur rain boots on.

Lunch

Dontcha love summer.

Grandma's Cake

Happy 88th Birthday Grandma Eula! On this day in August of 1922 my super sweet grandma came into the world. :-) We celebrated yesterday with a surprise party! I furnished the cake.

Ten points if you can spot all the cupcakes!

Brothers

I'm tired and moody.

I'm tired and moody.

Oops. Better check to be sure we're still tired and moody.

Still tired and moody.

I'm tired and moody.

Wait a minute....we're happy now.

Yep, I'm happy too. With a dimple on top.

Little Home Sign

Because I love you all so much....I'll give you a sneaky peaky of my latest sign work. I was contacted by the super sweet gals at the Little Home Learning Center, in a nearby community, to paint a sign for their building. They've been open for several years...but no sign. Every building deserves an identity! SOOO.....they have it now!

Can't wait to see it up on the building. I'll update when that happens. :-)

Yard Sale/Farmer's Market...That's How I Roll

Today was the big day. The first day of my first yard sale. Guess what! I've made enough to pay for TWO kitchen pendant lights!!! (Plus a little extra!) I may fund this kitchen remodel on my own after all!!! And the daycare/learning center picked up their sign tonight.....bonus! I'll give you a sneaky peaky of that tomorrow.

But, I had to share my mini farmer's market stand!! This morning, bright and early I galloped out to the garden and picked.....to do a little experiment. I wondered if ANYONE would buy a fresh vegetable at a yard sale. SOOOO......the top pic is how my "mini stand" looked to begin with (minus a zucchini....an early bird got that one before I could take the photo!).

And this is the after!!!! Miss Effie will be so proud of me. ;-) And let's get something clear...it's not like I'm stalking her or anything...I mean, I only mention her in EVERY blog post I do now....I think she's just about the neatest thing since homemade cheese.

Now off to bed to rest for DAY TWO of the yard sale extravaganza. Come on by the house and buy some good stuff....you'll be funding a great cause. ;-)