Wow!, That Week Went Fast

We have hit planting season big time. Alan, Zack and Bracken were up at Highland all day today planting grain. I think they will get done tonight. As I was out working in my flower garden, I thought I would take some dinner to them, so I cooked spaghetti, made a salad, and toasted some garlic bread. I got it all ready and sped up to the very back field. It was not as successful as I thought it would be. The sauce had been sucked up into the noodles, and so the spaghetti was very sticky and not very flavorful. The salad was good, until the wind blew it all over the pick-up and away into the field. And the napkins blew away too. The garlic bread was good, but was getting cold so they had to eat fast. Actually, its always nice when dinner gets brought out to the field, even if it isn't perfect.



Today I planted the rest of my vegetable garden. I only had to do the potatoes, lettuce, spinach, and peas. When I went downstairs to get the potatoes, I found that my potatoes had transformed into a huge hairy monster. Yikes!! Creepy!!
I had to use some other potatoes, and I will still have to find some red potatoes.


Here is the garden, newly planted. At the back I have corn and potatoes, then onions, carrots, zuchini and crook neck squash. On the right under the milk jugs are the tomatoes and pepper plants. Then in the middle are blue lake beans and then cabbages, peas, lettuce and spinach. I hope everything comes up.

A view from the north. I know you want to see all sides of my beautiful soil, aka dirt.
After I planted the garden, I started in on clearing out space in front of my fence for flowers. First I had to get rid of a rosebush gone wild. It had started to grow from the root stalk and had no good blooms. So I dug it up (it took me like an hour), and tossed it in the garbage. Then I had to start getting the weeds and grass out of where my new flower garden will be. The bush on the left is a hardy white rose called snow owl. Then I have a flowering plum, and on the far right is a hardy pink rose called Roselina? I think.

I took these pictures at 9:00 p.m. so they do appear a little dark. You can see some of my tulips blooming in this picture.

In front, where the famous peonies are. They are getting tall, but right now the tulips get all the attention.

Another shot of the front from the east.

My old flower bed - This one is going to be phased out. I cant keep up with it anymore, mostly because I don't see it and so I forget that it needs to be weeded. I will transplant many of the flowers from this bed to the new one.

I thought this was cute. A little Johnny jump-up had come up in my old waterting can. I will leave it there. It is charming.

Gorgeous tulips!

The color on these isn't quite right. The front tulips are really almost black. I love the dark, then pink against the lacy white candytuft.

Some more pink and purple tulips in the old flower bed.

Here you can see that the lilacs are just beginning to bloom. We usually have them for memorial day or earlier, but not this year. I'm afraid they will bloom when it is hot and then fade fast. I can't wait for the their heady perfume to fill the air.

Some beautiful primroses that will get transplanted.

Some more Johnny jump-ups. I love these little fellows. They love to grow under the Norwegian Spruce. I pulled them all out last year, but here they are again. While I was out taking pictures of all my flowers, I bumped right into a beautiful sunset.

This is how far along my pie cherries are. Aren't they gorgeous, and the scent is sweet and light. Very yummy.

Changing the subject completely. Here are pictures of the amazing Zack Baum most recently graduated from that famous high school NORTH FREMONT! Yay! Let's all give three cheers for Zack.

Coming down the aisle. They actually make them do a step together, step together march. And what is most amazing, is that they all do it. They concentrated so hard to get their steps right, that some of them couldn't look up at their parents who were taking pictures. Obviously Zack is a good multi-tasker and can smile and step together at the same time.

The whole class. All forty-four of them. Zack is on the back row between the "F" and the "2".

Announcing the"Top Ten" and the Honor Society members. Not all the top ten were in the honor society. Honor Society wore the white collars, and the top ten got the cords.

Zack getting his name announced by Mr. Risenmay, the principle.

He has his diploma and is on his way to bigger and better things. The celebrations begin. Zack and T Jay.

Zack with Grandma and Grandpa Baum.

Zack with Alan and me. What happy parents. No more public school!!!

Well that was a great thing. I have to stop bloggin, because I have to go get Alan and Zack at the Orme place, go back to Highland, and then shuttling tractors and other stuff somehwere. It is 10:55 p.m. I'm tired. I hope I don't drive off the road.