Can you believe we are half way through July? For us here in the Pacific Northwest summer started just about a week ago...which better mean it lasts well into October to be fair!
I wanted to show you something...
Our maze has a new decoration!
A great bloggy friend of mine Laura over at Our House of Joyful Noise who has a lovely blog, she also happens to homeschool, and craft, and garden, and take photos...yes we could be twins.
Well except for the camel thing...
That and she is brunette and I'm blonde
And I'm old...
And she's not.
She's Catholic...
I'm Protestant
Besides that we are exactly alike!
Anyway this is what I won...
Isn't that just about the darn cutest banner you ever saw! I'm sure that someone came to my blog, say my photo, and used me as a model for that happy summer chick!
Yes I garden in a cute little short dress and darling hat.
I also have legs that are long and skinny just like that...
Really I do!
Moving on...
It is now adorning the entrance to our sunflower maze. Speaking of...
Now that there is actually some sun our sunflowers are starting to grow...Hallelujah!
And beneath one of the sunflowers there is this...
We have nasturtiums blooming!
This photo actually reminded me of this...
Yes I actually stayed up way to late playing with my computer...no I did not do laundry...or dishes. But I made swans!
All together now...Ahhhhh.
We also have corn finally coming up after 3 plantings...they all drowned.
We've also had slugs and mosquitoes galore with the very wet spring/early summer.
In fact the top story of the front page in our local newspaper said this...
"Go ahead, gripe about the mosquitoes. You're justified."
Our county has 19 kinds of mosquitoes NINETEEN! They've all hatched in the last week...seriously!
I hate the little blood suckers...we have had to be so careful with bug spray and such. We usually don't have many issues with them in July but alas another dreadful side effect of the wet...bleck!
So the slugs are eating my sunflowers and the mosquitoes are sucking my blood...other than that all is peachy!
But the flowers are blooming...
Maximilian sunflower, perennial get over 5' tall!
And the sun is out...so I'm not gonna complain!
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And some great news! Susan of the Blue Planet Garden Blog one of our rockin' judges has a post for next week that actually covers designing a gardens with children in mind She is a professional designer...unlike me who designs by the seat of my pants...so to speak.
So make sure to visit next week for something that is actually constructive!
Here is the link to Susan's first guest post...it was great so in case you missed it, check it out!
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So my dear readers and kinderGARDEN participants...what have you been up to this week?
