Garden Harvests! :) i picked tomatoes, and string bean today :) Tended the plants :) Corn Growing!:)

Wholesome Garden Harvests, to begin a sweet new week! : )Tomatoes, Peppers, and String beans! :) Those fresh garden goodies, are so nice, and wholesome :) This morning, i was finding all kinds of nice fresh vine ripened tomatoes, all around our gardens :) The tomatoes had a big ripening day yesterday! :) when i brought the tomatoes indoors, my mom's eyes lit up with excitement, she said, "oh wow! i want to have some tomato with my sandwich!" :) awww! :) my dad also said, "Wow! goodie!" :) Lots of peaceful nature joys, to begin this wonderful new week :) Nature Walks, Tending our Plants :) keeping continued focused on this peaceful joys, and my writings, is helping me to blossom into this great new week :) i harvested string beans today :) we have CORN beginning to grow! :) my family and i had an amazing time, celebrating Mikey's 3rd birthday with you all, our dear friends :) Thank you all for your awesome comments. : )We're so happy, that everyone enjoyed viewing pictures from the birthday party : )Mikey had such a fun time, we were very into the moments, of sharing in, these special times, and seeing Mikey enjoying his birthday, is wonderful to our hearts :) Mikey was very surprised, when he saw the RETURN OF HIS BALLOONS when he, Jenn, and Mike arrived home yesterday evening :) Mikey said, "my balloons went to the moon, and came back! " :) awww! :) Very adorable! :) We love celebrating special joys in life, with you and your family's :) It's been a really nice stretch of days, lots of great re-focusing, and getting balanced again, with my days :) it's a good feeling :) We have Taylynn's birthday coming up on thursday :) We're gonna have a birthday party for her in our backyard, a BBQ :) i've been enjoying a really nice day today, with lots of nature, and my writings :) i wrote postcards today :) tomorrow is sweet treats tuesday! :) We're gonna get some treats, and i'm also going to measure the Sunflowers, in the Final Measuring of the Season, to declare, a Sunflower sun race champion! :) i may just bring out the ladder tomorrow, for this very special nature/garden occasion :) Those sunflowers are reaching for the sky! :) Happy Nature Smiles :)
Sunny hugs, and happy friendship smiles from our hearts, and home to yours :) Hi angel friends! :) my family and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great day! :) did anyone see SUPER MOON last night? :) Holly and i watched some of the moon rises on the space.com website, and also last night, from my bedroom window, i could see the moon a little bit, through the trees, by the bird sanctuary in our yard :) it was so bright :) it's truly amazing nature event, when the moon is visible in the sky like that :) it brings back memories for me, of when my dad, brother, and i saw this amazing moonrise by the Barn Island, in Stonington, Connecticut :) i was thinking also, about how many of our sunflowers, and our other flowers, actually blossom overnight, from the brightness of moonlight during summer time : )it's one of those peaceful nature joys, that really is wonderful :)
This morning, i was outside in our yard, for my early morning nature walk, and while feeding our nature animal friends, i saw some sweet wholesome surprises in the garden :) i had just walked into our backyard, and all of a sudden, i saw these nice orange/reddish colors in the garden, TOMATOES!!! FRESH VINE RIPENED!!! :) awww! :) we had a really sweet sunny weekend, and many of our tomatoes, that were on the verge of ripening, have began to ripen, and some were ready to be picked! :) i picked 6 large tomatoes this morning, from our gardens :) it felt great, to be smelling the fresh scent of the tomato plants, and picking the tomatoes :) This is a very sweet time. :) when i brought the tomatoes indoors, my mom was very excited, she said, "oh, wow! i want to have a tomato with my sandwich!" :) Awww! :) She was so pleased, to see the tomatoes :) She loves fresh garden tomatoes :) We're having a big growing season, with some of our plants :)
Tomatoes, String beans, and Peppers :) we have already froze 9 jalapeno peppers, that we'll be able to use, while making fresh homemade salsa, and we also are seeing so many nice string beans growing around : )The low growing string beans plants we have planted this season, are bringing us extra string beans :) i love seeing the string beans growing, they are so nice, fresh, and garden crisp :) i love to pluck the ends of the string beans off, i wash the beans, i then slice the string beans into small pieces, and i put the string beans into a bowl, with pickles, and also green olives, and enjoy a nice veggies bowl during the evening : )wholesome, and delicious! :) We got some cucumbers in our fridge too, which are great to have for snack, and also for adding to salads :) This time of the summer gardening season, really rewards us, and gives us so much :) all of the gardening we have done, the love, spirit, energy, excitement put into the gardens, it really gives us so much in return :)We love it very much :)
my dad was outside earlier, i was watering the plants, i picked a few more tomatoes, and showed my dad the dish of tomatoes, he said, "wow! goodie!" awww! :) i also picked some nice Kentucky Wonder Pole String beans :) It's such a wonderful harvest of string beans we're recieving :) i washed the string beans, and put them into a nice bowl :) We have corn beginning to grow, on our corn plants :) it's so neat, to see the husks of corn growing :) i was showing my dad the plants, and gave the plants a really nice watering :) The plants are very healthy, and happy :) they're soaking up the wonderful summer sunshine :) i made nectar food, for the hummingbirds : )i refilled 5 hummingbird feeders :) the hummingbirds will be very happy :) 
My Family and i want to thank you all, so very much, for celebrating Mikey's birthday with us yesterday :) That was so mcuh fun, going to the park, and enjoying the big day, Mikey's birthday :) i wanted to write more, about a special story, that made Mikey's birthday even more special :) at the end of my journal yesterday, i wrote about how 2 of Mikey's birthday balloons, accidently got loose, and flew off into the sky. awww! While Jenn and Mike took Mikey fishing yesterday afternoon, after the birthday party, my mom and Lisa drove over to our dollar store, and bought the same exact balloons :) They also got him this cool lantern they found at the dollar store :) they drove across town, to Jenn's, Mike's, and Mikey's home, and they tied the balloons to their front door, and put the lantern on the door too :) When Jenn, Mike, and Mikey arrived home, they were so excited, Mikey said, "my balloons went to the moon, and came back with me, and brought a lantern!" awww! :) very cute, and adorable! :) he will always have this very cool memory, from his birthday :)
We're very happy, and delighted everyone enjoyed viewing pictures, from Mikey's birthday :) i was very happy to take all of the pictures to share :) Mikey's enjoying all of his special gifts, cards, and presents he got for his birthday :) he will be playing with his bikes, and toys, for a long time :) he recieved many nice items :) You all helped make Mikey's birthday very special, by celebrating with us :) We felt your loving spirits with us throughout the day yesterday :) many special thanks, for celebrating with us :) We have Taylynn's birthday coming up soon, and it's gonna be another super fun celebration :) We're gonna have the birthday party in our backyard, a BBQ cookout :) my mom and Lisa, and Alyssa are planning some nice salads, and also gonna be cooking and grilling foods :) We're having family over on thursday, for Taylynn's birthday :) She's very happy and excited! :) i am going to be making beef jerky, for Taylynn :) She loves teriaki beef jerky :)
It's been a really nice, much needed stretch of days :) with family and friends :) Last week, i had some ups and downs, that had me experiencing lots of emotions, and i want to mention, how it helped me a lot last thursday, to do some writing about things. :) i feel less anxious, and less stressed. i really poured my heart into that journal i wrote, and it really has helped me, in many ways :) i know i need to continue to remind myself, that it's ok to write, and that it's ok to ask for support, and encouragement :) i often get shy, and need reassurance sometimes, but you all always give me that reassurance :) i have been taking better care, and that enables me, to be able to do more of the stuff i love, like being focused, motivated, and reminds me, to take time for myself, to enjoy nature, because i really really love, when i am so in tune with the days, where i experience something, like a nature sight, or a nature joy, that makes me can't wait to share all about it :) i think my emotions, and feelings, got so deeply into worrying about things, that it kinda got me unfocused, but i'm getting the focus back, and the feelings of peace, and you all are helping me to get back onto a balanced track with my days :) soaking up nature/gardening energy, and really enjoying some focused time, where i can be my best, for myself, but also for my family and friends, i love being there for everyone :) i feel like i'm growing, and flourishing more emotionally, and becoming stronger, and more brave, and courageous, and doing well with my goals :) Thank you all, for your incredible love, care, support, guidance, and encouragement :) i'll always be here for you all, our dear friends :)
We're enjoying a nice monday : )It got so nice and sunny outside here today :) my family and i are doing well, and are in good spirits :) Today for lunch, i enjoyed a nice salad, string beans, cucumber slices, olives, with cornbread croutons, and chipolte ranch salad dressing, i also had 2 baked potatoes :) lunch was delicious! :) i've been enjoying some nice time here on ds, writing to friends, i also wrote some postcards :) it's nice, easing into the new week :) Tomorrow i'm going to be measuring Sunny and Sunshine, for the final measuring of the 2014 sunflower sun race :) i look forward to sharing about the measuring results :) We're also gonna be going to get treats tomorrow :) i'm feeling really spirited, and enjoying nice start to the week :) my family and i thank you angel friends, for all that you do for us :) You all always warm our hearts, and brighten our days :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) BIG GROUP SUNNY MONDAY FRIENDSHIP HUGS :) tonight, i'm gonna have some string beans, and cucumber slices for snack, and gonna watch tv :) There's many more great things to look forward too :)
-never lose hope :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing ,it's a great nature, gardening, and writing day :) i wrote some nice postcards, and also been tending our plants :) i picked some nice string beans, and tomatoes :) The harvesting season is in full swing :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)
my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone had a good day" :)  awww! :) We love you all very much, our sweet dear friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great day :) You all are always in our thoughts, prayers, and in our hearts :)
SUMMER HARVESTS! :) oh my! :) it's a sweet sunny nature-eee day, as i've been spirit soaring all around our yard, and gardens :) The plants are doing really well :) i gave the plants a nice double watering today :) we have some rain nourishment in our forecast tomorrow :) the plants are healthy, and happy, as they smiled at the sun today :) i picked some nice tomatoes, and string beans :) i saw many bumble bees visiting our garden too :) i refilled some of our hummingbird feeders :) The hummingbirds will be very happy :) they love the nectar food :) it's a beautiful time in the season :) It's so nice, to see the plants flourishing :) i love sharing all about our adventures, with everyone :)
TOMATOES! :) i picked a nice dish full of tomatoes today :) We love fresh garden tomatoes :)
STRING BEANS! :)i picked about 2 dozen Kentucky Wonder Pole String beans :) These grow so nicely, and plentiful :) i love to add string beans to my salads :)i washed the string beans :) 

CORN GROWING! :) we have some nice corn husks beginning to grow, on our corn plants :) This is SUPER COOL! :)

We have some more sunflowers, ready to blossom : )Smiling and shining! :) oh my! :) and growing and glowing! :)

The Bumble Bees are out and about! :) they love the flower blossoms :)
Nasturium Dwarf Jewel Flower :)
Our Snowball bush is glowing! :) The flowers smell so nice! :)
We have lots of nice tomatoes growing :) They're ripening in the summer sun :)
MEGA Sunflower will be blossoming soon :)
SUMMER DAYS IN THE GARDEN! :) a beautiful time of the year :)