Peony Place

Morning glories galore

Hello World!  My mom left a few days ago and I practically collapsed with relief and a good bit of sadness.  I can't talk much about her visit...it had some miraculous moments...but I can truly say I was sorry to see my mom go home.  More about it later, perhaps.

At any rate, I've got tomatoes coming out of my ears...and hot peppers...and green beans. I've made two big batches of tomato sauce so far.  And my eggplants are coming along nicely, and I've got mucho mustard seeds drying and coriander and basil.  And I've finally got Morning Glories in the morning.  But alas, here we are in mid-August and I haven't one lavender bloom.  The fates are against me.  The plants are thriving, but nary a purple bloom to be seen.  I think I will have to try again next year.  It is possible that September will be kind to me and I will get some blooms, but I'm not counting on it.

I hope I have some time this week to catch up on everyone's blogs.  I cannot tell you how behind I am in housework, prep work for the new homeschool year, not to mention I have taken a part-time position that begins on Thursday.  I must remain calm. 

Oh, and here's a pretty picture of a Spicebush Swallowtail pterourus troilus.  He was pretty shy so I couldn't get a wide-open shot of him, but I did my best.

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10:30, Sunday, August 19, 2007 .. Posted by haflinger

What a nice harvest..Great pictures what are you going to do with your basil?I've got lots too harvest also.haflinger

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11:32, Sunday, August 19, 2007 .. Posted by stitchnchick

BEAUTIFUL pictures! Thank you for sharing them. :o)
I'm glad you had a good visit with your mom. It's always hard to see the time end. It was nice to hear what you've been up to. Wish I had some of that eggplant!

Amy

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08:03, Monday, August 20, 2007 .. Posted by BlueApple

What beautiful pictures! And what a nice harvest!

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12:55, Monday, August 20, 2007 .. Posted by Lisa

Such nice pics, as usual! I see you put that new basket to good use already.

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01:21, Monday, August 20, 2007 .. Posted by southernbelle

I've wondered how things were going with your visit from your mother. I've not been blogging much myself. The bounty from your garden looks wonderful and the flowers too! What kind of part time job did you take?

Loved the pictures

07:14, Wednesday, August 22, 2007 .. Posted by lerdman4

Love the garden pictures, could you please share some of those tomato's with us?? We got 0 in our garden out of 12 plants. UGH! Those dear and a ground hog we think got them. It's been raining here for 4 days, and in the 50's and 60's for the high, our garden is all weeds now, the worse garden we have had in the 30 years we are married. We really neglected it this year, with our home repairs we have been doing. I hope you have been doing well..
Blessings,
lisa

Wow

05:05, Friday, August 24, 2007 .. Posted by kennyHA

You look like a very succesfull gardner! I love the first picture of all that food.
I'm going to add you as a friend.

-Kenny

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04:48, Saturday, August 25, 2007 .. Posted by kristina

Wow -- what a beautiful harvest! I'm glad you made it through your mom's visit. I've been thinking about you!! Take care!