Happy Cool Saturday! :) Popcorn movies day, Sunflower Blossom! :) We Pickled Banana Peppers! :)

Happy Spirit Soaring Saturday!!! :) Popcorn Movies Party! :) Garden Greetings!!! :) Iced coffee Cheers!!! to the spirit of summer time!!! :) We're enjoying an awesome day!!! :) we're so happy and excited! :) it's a day of movies, garden tending, nature walks, making our 1st jar of pickled banana peppers, and celebrating our 1st sunflower blossom of the season! :) Holly and i are having a super cool popcorn movies marathon party today : ) We've been watching some cool movies, having foods, snacks, and drinks :) We love this awesome weekly tradition :) it's a spirit soaring day! :) We're enjoying a much more peaceful, calm weather day :) We're so glad, and thankful the weather is much better today :) We love the weekend's, and seeing our flourishing summer time garden :) We have our 1st sunflower blossom! :) hey there sunflower! :) Welcome!!! :) it began to blossom yesterday :) it's a golden bright sunny happy sunflower! :) Holly and i began our weekend garden tending early, with tending our plants yesterday evening, some sunflowers, and banana peppers plants needed uplifting after the storm. it got very sunny and warm outside. We're so glad, and thankful all of our plants, trees, and fruit trees are doing well :) Today, Holly and i blossomed into some more garden tending, as our plants are getting back their balance from the very stormy tropical rainfall and gusty winds we experienced yesterday. we put soil around the stem bases of some of our plants :) We're very proud of our plants :) Our plants are continuing to super mega grow, as the summer season continues on :) We have lots of snap peas, banana peppers, bell peppers, zuchinni, and yellow squash growing :) We also have some tomatoes growing :)We're so happy and excited to see our 1st sunflower blossom, lots of snowball bush blossoms, and flowers growing :) it's a wonderful time in the gardening season :) We're super pumped up and excited for lots more gardening! :)i took some awesome new pictures of our plants today, to share with everyone :) We picked our first 5 banana peppers of the season, and made our first batch of homemade pickled banana peppers today :) Holly and i can't wait to try the banana peppers :) We added a little onion and garlic into the jar, with the banana peppers :) We're gonna try the banana peppers soon :) There's lots of great things going on, and many summer time memories being made :) Thank you angel friends, for celebrating the season with us :) Enjoying an awesome, spirit soaring summer saturday, with family, friends, nature, garden tending, movies, and the beautiful spirit of the summer season! :) Tonight, the popcorn movies party is on!! :) woot!! :)



Summer Garden Greetings and Iced coffee Cheers!!! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day! :) We hope everyone is having nice calm weather :) We're so glad, and thankful the weather has calmed, and is nice and clear today :) we had a flourish if warm sunshine during the late afternoon, into the evening :) Holly and i went outside to tend our plants, we went right into gardening action, as a few sunflowers, and banana peppers plants needed to be uplifted after the storm yesterday. our plants are doing very well, and the sunshine was so nice for them, as it helps them regain their balanace, especially the sunflowers :) We blossomed into more gardening today too :) We have our 1st sunflower blossom of the season :) it's blossomed in our front yard garden :) it's petals are golden bright yellow :) We're so happy, our plants are doing well :) Holly and i picked 5 banana peppers, and made our 1st batch of pickled banana peppers today :) We're super pumped up and excited to try the banana peppers :) The nature is spirit soaring, as we've got some nice calmer weather today :) our plants are spirit soaring, super growing, and smiling and shining in our garden :) Along with nature, and gardening today, Holly and i are having a super cool popcorn movies marathon, and gonna watch another movie tonight too :) Cheers!!! to the spirit soaring times of the summer season, as the month of July continues to shine! :)



Thank you angel friends, so very much, for your beautifully heart warming comments :) We're so happy, and thrilled that everyone enjoyed our baking friday adventure, and our pictures :) awww! :) That warms our hearts, and brings us smiles :) We had so much fun baking the pizza's, and onion pretzels :) We love sharing in these very special spirited fun times with everyone : )The pizza and pretzels are very popular :) my mom and Jenn went outside with the kids after baking friday, Holly and i joined them :) Hunter, Carter, and i played a game of catch with the football, and we were enjoying the nice sunshine after the very stormy earlier part of the day. We have many more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too, as the summer season continues on :) We have some more July celebrations coming up, and all of the continued joys of summer season :) it's a great time of the year :) Thank you everyone ,so very much, for celebrating the season with us, and for sharing in the very special baking friday tradition with us each week :) Holly and i made a cookie monsters visit to the kitchen last evening to get some pizza, and pretzels : )We enjoyed our dinner, and watching our show last night :) in 2 months, we'll be celebrating the 14th birthday/anniversary of baking friday :) There's lots more to look forward too :)We already can't wait, until another super fun baking friday adventure next week :)



We love the weekend's,. and the awesome times of summer season :) This morning, we had a great new day ,rising and shining :) The sun was rising up this morning :) i was up early, blossoming into the new day, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) i also had the coins collecting with Mike show on, to see the weekly featured coins :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my nature walk :) Our nature friends were very happy, gathering around after the storm yesterday, lots of birds were soaring over, and visiting our feeders, and i heard lots more birds singing this morning too :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard for them :) they love gathering the goodies :) it's amazing, the calmer, clear weather today, after the tropical downpours yesterday. i walked over to our garden areas, to check in on our plants :)


Our plants are doing well, and are gaining good balance back after the stormy weather yesterday. Holly and i uplifted the banana peppers plants with support sticks, and we also uplifted 3 sunflowers, the rain was so heavy yesterday, the 3 planters tipped over, but thankfully the sunflowers were ok :) the winds thankfully weren't severe yesterday, which was a big blessing, as all of our trees, and fruit trees are all doing well :) we have lots of peaches, pears, apples, and grapes growing, and our string beans, snap peas, peppers , tomatoes, yellow squash, zuchinni, and popcorn plants are doing well :) we have some tomatoes beginning to grow :) some of the tomato plants needed more soil around their stem bases, along with some of the banana peppers plants, which Holly and i did later on today, as the rain was so heavy yesterday, it washed a lot of the soil off, but we replenished the plants with more soil to help them :) The plants are super mega growing :) We love this very special time in the season, as the plants have reached a super mega growing stage :) it's awesome to see :) The plants all did very well, handling the stormy weather ,and are enjoying the calm, clearer weather today and the sunshine the rest of yesterday was very healthy for them :)



Happy Sunflower Smiles!!! :) awww! :) We have our 1st Sunflower blossom of the season! :) In our front yard garden, one of our sunflowers began to blossom yesterday, and has fully blossomed into today : )It's one of my favorite nature and gardening sights, to see a happy smiling sunflower greetings us in our garden :) Hey there sunflower! :) Welcome! :) it's so very nice to meet you! :) awww! :) The sunflower first sprouted near our snowball bush, and as the snowball bush grew more and more during early spring, the sunflower was leaning out more to get sunlight, Holly and i transplanted the sunflower more to the edge of the garden area, and the sunflower is very happy, healthy, and has blossomed :) a sunflower's journey is incredible, from seed to sprout, to growing strong, tall, proudly, and blossoming beautifully :) We love our 1st sunflower blossom of the season, and are so happy to see it glowing and smiling in our garden :) Where there's a sunflower, there's a smile :)



All of our flowers plants are doing very well, growing and lots beginning to blossom, including our first aster flower, tiger lillies, some morning glory flowers, daisies, and wildflowers that are star shaped in our garden :) the nature gardening energy is amazing, all around :) we love it!!! :) our cucumber plants, gourds, pumpkins, are all doing very well, and flourishing with the season :) We're very happy and excited to be enjoying this awesome gardening season, and so much more to look forward too, as the season cotninues on :) We love sharing our garden and adventures with everyone :) The season is shining beautifully :) We're beginning to pick fresh garden goodies, and looking forward to picking lots more, as the season continues on :) it was so nice, going out for a peaceful nature walk this morning, and looking forward to lots more nature and garden time later on today :) Happy nature, and gardening season smiles :)



it was a sweet spirited early morning :) We've been looking forward to the weekend : )We enjoyed a nice breakfast, and having some iced coffee, hot tea, and water :) double cheers! :) July is a big month :) Holly and i have our 10th anniversary on July 14th, and next friday, will be a super big day, with celebrating both Kayla's 20th birthday, my sister Lisa's birthday, and also going to be baking goodies that day too :) July is in full swing :) we love all of the great summer time memories being made :) Holly and i have been ordering some gifts for eachother, and gonna have a cool ghost hunters marathon, and watching one of our favorite comedy movies on July 14th, "Joe Dirt" :) i've been recieving some of my cool new coins, i've ordered on ebay :) i'm very happy and excited to be recieving my new coins to add to my collector's books :) i love to browse the coins, and gonna buy some more as summer season continues on :)



Popcorn Movie Party Day!!! :) we love this awesome weekly tradition :) Holly and i picked out some super cool movies to watch today :) We love having a movies marathon as the day goes on, watching some movies, and having foods, snacks, and drinks : )We love our popcorn snack bowls, and also enjoying some candies i bought online, at target, some of our favorite candies :) it's awesome enjoying the movies :) Holly and i have our popcorn movies cup filled, and today was Holly's turn to pick out a new movie for us to watch tonight :) It's so nice having cool traditions like this :) We look forward to lots more great times, enjoying our popcorn movies marathons on saturday's : )We're always browsing for more movies too, to add to our poporn movies cup :) Cheers!!! to popcorn movies day! :)



Pickled Banana peppers! :) One of our favorite foods! :) the banana peppers are mild :) Holly and i are so happy and excited! :) We've been looking forward to making some nice pickled banana peppers :) They're fun, and easy to make :) We picked 5 banana peppers from our garden :) We washed the peppers, and then sliced the peppers into banana peppers rings :) We sliced them fairly thin, how we like the banana peppers :) Holly and i packed the banana peppers rings into a jar :) on the stove, we got 1 cup of vinegar, 1 cup of water boiling :) We added a little salt and a pinch of sugar into the vinegar/water :) we added some fresh onion, and some minced garlic into the jar with the banana peppers rings, and once the vinegar/water began to boil, we added a spoon into the jar, to protect the jar from the heat, and we poured the vinegar/water over the peppers, garlic, and onion, and sealed the jar :) We're so happy and excited we made our first jar of pickled banana peppers : )We look forward to trying the peppers : )we made 1 jar last year, and this year it looks like we may be making multiple jars :) we love banana peppers, they're delicious! :) a great gardening/harvesting experience, making pickled banana peppers :)



We're enjoying an awesome day! :) Popcorn movies party, nature walks, tending our garden :) we love it!!! and the awesome spirit of summer time! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, healthy, and in great spirits :) my mom and dad went out today, and surprised Holly and i with some nice iced coffees from cumberland farms :) it's very nice, and sweet of them :) We're so glad, and thankful for the nice calmer weather today, tending our plants, and enjoying some nature walks :) We're very happy and thankful our plants, and trees are all ok :) it was nice making some pickled banana peppers :) we can't wait to try the peppers :) Holly and i are enjoying our popcorn movies marathon party today :) We've been enjoying some foods, snacks, drinks, and picked out a new movie to watch tonight :) We're going to make some more popcorn :) The popcorn movie party is on!! :) woot yeah!! :) Tomorrow, we're going to do some more gardening, as our plants continue to super mega grow :) Holly and i are going to have a TWD marathon too :) There's so much more, to look forward too as the season continues to shine :) keep healthy, safe, and strong everyone :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, and for the very special heart warming joy you all bring to our days, our hearts, and our lives :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm caring happy sunny sunflower friendship hug and blueberry iced coffee cheers! :) You all give us strength, hope, inspiring us to enjoy each day to the fullest <3 We're with you all, and will always be here anytime you all need us :) Thank you all, for brightening our days and making each day very special :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed to have you all in our lives :) We look forward to sharing in many more very special times, adventures, birthday's, holiday's, and all of the seasonal traditions and festivities with family, friends, nature walks, the wonderful spirit of the season, gardening adventures, and celebrating the new month of July, as summer season continues to blossom :)
-never lose hope :)



To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying an awesome day! :) Holly and i are having a popcorn movies marathon, watching some cool movies, enjoying some foods, snacks, and drinks :) We're going to watch a new movie tonight :) We're so glad, and thankful the weather is calm today :) We have our 1st sunflower blossom of the season :) We tended our plants, and enjoyed some nature walks :) We made some pickled banana peppers :) our first peppers harvest of the season :) We're going to watch our show tomorrow, and doing some more gardening :) We're looking forward to picking lots of fresh garden goodies as summer season continues to shine :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)



my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a nice day" :) Awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day : )We love the weekend's, and the spirit soaring excitement of summer time festivities, and traditions :) we're so happy and excited our plants are doing well, healthy, and continuing to grow and flourish :) There's so much more to look forward too, as summer season continues to shine :)



Happy Sunflower Smiles, and Greetings from our garden! :) Hi angel friends! : )We're so glad, and thankful for the dry weather today :) it's a peaceful day in the garden :) Our plants are doing very well :) Holly and i tended our plants yesterday evening and today :) We picked 5 banana peppers, and pickled banana peppers :) We're loving the gardening season :) Our plants are regaining their balance after some stormy days, with thunderstorms, and the tropical storm yesterday. We're so thankful our plant are doing well :) It's amazing to see how much they've grown : )We picked some snap peas, a cucumber, and some raspberries :) The season is flourishing :) We're so happy and excited to celebrate our 1st sunflower blossom of the season :) Happy nature, and gardening smiles :)



Welcome Sunflower! :) it's so very nice to meet you! :) You've arrived! :) our 1st sunflower blossom of the gardening season :) it's one of my favorite garden sights, seeing a happy smiling sunflower in the garden :) Where there's a sunflower, there's a smile :)
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Tomatoes growing! :) We're so excited to see some tomatoes growing :) We look forward to making fresh homemade salsa :)
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Jalapeno peppers :)
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Bell peppers :)
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Yellow Squash :) 


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Zinnia Flower blossom :) 


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Apples :) 


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These sunflowers needed tending after the tropical storm yesterday. They are standing strong, and proudly :) They're doing well, and got their balance back :) Sunflower hope, and spirit soaring strength :) 


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Our spruce tree :) it made it through the stormy weather, and has grown more :) 


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String beans plants :) 


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Carrots :) 


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Pickled Banana peppers! :) Holly and i had a great time making our 1st jar of pickled banana peppers :) we boiled vinegar with water, a little salt, and a pinch of sugar, and added garlic and onion into a jar with the banana peppers :) Once the vinegar/water began to boil, we poured it into the jar :) We love banana peppers, and are so excited to ty the peppers :) They're one of our favorite foods :)
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Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are doing well enjoying the weekend and the sunshine. Your first sunflower is awesome. I enjoyed seeing it and all your other garden goodies too, The all are doing wonderful and you'll be enjoying them for a long time Your banana peppers look good too Hope they taste great. Glad you enjoyed being outside yesterday after the storm. Its great you and Holly have your anniversary coming up along with Lisa and Kayla's birthdays Hope you enjoy your movies and shows this weekend Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good evening Hugs to all there-Stephanie
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Soo glad that you & your family are safe. Your plants made it through the storm too! What a joy to see Mr Sunflower! Great job on the pickles. I am going to plant some banana peppers next year. Would love to jar them up. Thanks for sharing your day! Hugs! Brooke & Henri
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

welcome! to the sunflower!! mine are almost ready to open. i can hardly wait!! i'm so glad that everything is ok. another day to be grateful for sure. happy anniversary to you and Holly! 10 years! happy birthdays too!!
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

Congrats on your first sunflower, it's beautiful!! I'm so happy that your cute little spruce tree made it through th storm ok ;-)
I'm glad you were able to start picking some banana peppers, won't be long now and you'll be eating lots of things from your garden :-)
Have a wonderful Sunday and enjoy your TWD later :-)
Lots of hugs, Jeannie