Happy Thursday! :) Tending our plants, garden meals, a nice peaceful day :) Summer sunshine :)

Happy Thursday!!! :) We're enjoying a nice relaxing ,and peaceful day, keeping cool, hydrated, and tending our plants :) it's been a very nice stretch of days this week :) our plants are soaking up lots and lots of sunshine :) it reached about 100 degrees here with the heat index today, very scorching hot. We tended our plants early :) We're so happy our plants are doing well, and enjoying some great flourishing, these golden days of summer season :) Holly and i love our nature walks, and gardening :) We had an awesome garden stir fry yesterday evening :) i cooked string beans ,with snap peas, yellow squash, carrot, bell pepper, and rice :) i sauteed the veggies, and boiled the yellow squash :) i went outside during the evening to pick the bell peppers, it was such a joy, going out into the garden, and picking veggies to cook with dinner :) Gardening is very rewarding :)The bell pepper i cooked with soy sauce, garlic powder, and some brown sugar :) it was delicious! :) we're loving the harvesting season :) We're going to be pickling more banana peppers tomorrow, along with baking some nice goodies :) There's so much more to look forward too :) we've been enjoying some sports radio, tv shows, and browsing online at gifts, collectibles :)i'm very excited for my new lighthouses stamps to arrive :) We've been getting in some great organizing this week, along with tending our garden :) There's lots more great things to look forward too, as the season continues on :) Enjoying a nice peaceful day, with family, friends, garden tending, nature sights all around, and the beautiful spirit of these golden days of summer time :) Tomorrow's baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) it's almost time to bake! bake! bake! :)

Golden days of gardening season, and sweet garden cooking!! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly,and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a nice day :) We hope everyone who is recieving hot weather, is keeping cool and hydrated. We care deeply, and sending our best well wishes :) it reached nearly 100 degrees here, with the heat index today. it's a scorching hot summer day. We're pacing ourselves, with our garden tending, keeping our plants replenished with the water, and also taking care of our nature friends, filling the bird bath with water, and the putting lots of goodies on the feeders and in our backyard :) our nature friends are very happy :) it's been a nice stretch of sunny days for the plants, as they continue to grow and flourish :) We're loving the special joys of harvesting fresh garden goodies, and looking forward to lots more harvesting, as the season continues on :) We've got a cool baking friday adventure planned for tomorrow, and an awesome, movies and TWD weekend planned :) Happy golden days of summer time! :)

This morning, we had a great new day, rising and shining :) it's been a really sweet stretch of days :) i'm very happy and excited to share with everyone, about a nice garden meal i made yesterday eveneing :) i love cooking, especially when using goodies from our garden :) i got some stir fry cooking on the stove :) i used string beans ,snap peas, and a carrot, i added teriaki, soy sauce, garlic powder, a little butter, and some vegetable oil :) The veggies were cooking nicely :) i sliced a yellow squash ,and boiled it in the microwave :) i then went outside, and picked 2 fresh bell peppers from our garden :) i washed, and sliced the bell peppers into strips, and then added them to a second cooking skillet, and i added in some soy sauce, garlic powder, and some brown sugar :) our kitchen smelled delicious! :) i also cooked some white rice, to make it a complete meal :) my mom had some, and Holly and i had some :) We enjoyed the meal, it was awesome! :) We even had some leftover for today :) we've been picking lots of nice string beans this week ,3 bag fulls, and are so thrilled to be using fresh garden goodies ,to enjoy with our meals :) We'll definitely be making some more stir fry, and may even bake some nice string beans casserole soon too :) Cheers!!! to the joys of gardening season! :)

Blossoming into the new day, i was up early this morning, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, checking in on my stamps orders on ebay, and also getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside into the sunrise sunshine :) The sun was very bright this morning, with lots of glowing golden nature all around :) i love when the sunrise sunshine shines upon the trees, and creates such wonderful nature sights :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, for our nature friends :) They love gathering the goodies :) it's been a big nature week ,for our nature friends, lots of happy birds, butterflies, ladybugs, and bees visiting our yard, and garden :) the hummingbirds have been enjoying nectar from the feeders, and also from the flowers :) it's so nice, to see all of the nature sights :) i was amazed, getting some picture taking opportunities yesterday, of the butterfly visiting our garden during the late afternoon :) i love these golden nature moments :) a hummingbird flew right near Holly and i yesterday, she was so excited, and said, "whoa! he was right in front me!" hehe! :) awesome and spirit soaring nature! :)

Our plants, and fruit trees are doing well :) Holly and i were so excited to pick 14 more banana peppers yesterday, and gonna pick a few more, so that we can make 2 or 3 more jars, of pickled banana peppers tomorrow :) we're having such an amazing harvesting season, a total of 81 banana peppers so far :)We're definitely going to reach over 100 peppers, an awesome growing season we're so happy, and thankful for :) our tomatoes, string beans, peppers, are all doing great :) We have lots of jalapeno peppers growing, Holly and i would love to pickle some, with lots of sugar, so that the hot level of the peppers, goes lower, and we could give some of the peppers to my brother Bobby, he loves those peppers ,and we'll use some also, for when we make homemade salsa :) it's very exciting time in the gardening season, lots of harvesting, and seeing lots of beautiful flowers blossoming all around :)

We love our sunflowers ,morning glory flowers, roses, zinnia's, marigolds, all of our flowers, are blossoming beautifully :) it's a very special joy, all of the flowers, and seeing them shining in the garden :) in our front yard, we have our snowball bush, with morning glory flowers growing amongst it, and also amongst our rose bushes :) it's very neat to see :) our popcorn plants are flourishing, we'll be harvesting lots of popcorn cobs in september :) we'd love to make some fresh garden popcorn, for our halloween movie marathons in October :) it'll be awesome! :) popcorn movie days! :) We moved our bell peppers planter, into a sunnier area in our front yard, and are looking forward to making some more sauteed bell peppers, they're delicious :) lots of fresh garden goodies to look forward to enjoying, including apples, pears, and we hope to pick a few peaches :) There's so much more to look forward too : )Holly and i have been enjoying keeping our plants replenished this week, with nice water, and are loving our nature walks, pacing ourselves with our gardening :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for you rbeautifully heart warming comments :) We're so happy and thrilled, that everyone is enjoying our nature walks, gardening adventures, and pictures of our plants, nad garden :) we're looking forward to many more super fun adventures :) Happy nature, and garden season smiles :)

We've been hanging out today, keeping cool, and hydrated :)We tended our plants early :) Holly and i put some sports radio on, we're loving the football talk, and getting ready for lots of football party's each week during the season :) we're gonna buy some more mini NFL figurines collectibles on amazon soon, to celebrate the arrival of the football season :) we've been catching up on the football talk, and i've been also enjoying some browsing online this week, for stamps, and ordering gifts online :) We have some family birthday's coming up, in September too :) Holly and i are gonna have another ,zombies movies marathon on saturday, and a full TWD marathon on sunday :) We're enjoying the week, and are getting lots of organizing accomplished :) We're very happy to be getting situated, and i'm looking forward to writing some more letters, and cards :) i'm browsing postcards on amazon, i want to buy some soon :)

We're enjoying a nice relaxing ,and peaceful day :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, keeping healthy, and are in good spirits :) it was so nice, enjoying a nice call with a friend today, tending our plants, and enjoying some nature walks :) We're so happy our plants are doing well, continuing to flourish with the season :) We're looking forward to making more pickled banana peppers :) it's an awesome time in the gardening season, with lots of spirit soaring nature :) my allergies have been flared up today,  i'm taking good care, and will get a good night's rest tonight :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch some episodes of mad tv comedy show :) Tomorrow's baking friday! :) We look forward to baking some goodies, and sharing our adventure :) it's gonna be so nice :) We're also looking forward to the upcoming weekend, with movies, and TWD show :)

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 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 continuing to enjoy the summer season to the fullest :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying a nice relaxing, and peaceful day :) We enjoyed a nice talk with a friend, and also put some tv shows on :) i'm very excited for my new stamps to arrive, and continuing to enjoy some writing time :) We're looking forward to a super fun baking friday adventure tomorrow, and enjoying our movies, and tv show this weekend, along with some nature, and gardening time :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a really nice day" :) awww!: ) We love you all lots and lots, our sweet dear angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day :) You all are always in our thoughts, prayers, and in our hearts :) We're looking forward to celebrating the rest of the summer season with everyone, and all of the continued joys of these golden days of summer time, enjoying our garden, tending our plants, and all of the simple joys that makes our days sunny bright :)

Happy garden greetings! :) Hi angel friends, we've been pacing ourselves today, with our garden tending, it got very hot, nearly 100 degrees with the heat index. We're keeping cool, and hydrated :) Our plants are soaking up lots of sunshine and continuing to flourish :) Holly and i picked 4 more banana peppers, and are going to be pickling banana peppers tomorrow :) We're loving the gardening season, and all of the nature sights glowing all around :) we love sharing our garden with everyone :) Happy nature, and gardening season smiles :) 

Macintosh apples ripening :) 

We love seeing our roses and flowers blossoming :)

These marigolds sprouted in one of our popcorn plants, planters :) 

we have lots of peppers continuing to grow :) 

Lots of our banana peppers plants :) 

Popcorn plants :) 

roma tomatoes :) 

tomato plants :)

Sunflowers enjoying the summer sunshine :)