Savoring my weekend
(ok, both blogs~ sure!, why not?)
We had a rainshower on Saturday...



God gave one of those gratifying rainbows...



BONUS!: Over my house, some beautiful sunray action...





Sunday~
Got in some quality porch time with God



(Add a pillow)



Priceless time ~

This kind of quiet time always leads me to feel very peaceful and centered on the steady, unlimited God.
With this contemplative time, I became very tranquil and very, very happy, content~ yet, at the same time, felt clear and inspired over the direction I need to go in next, to continue growing.
~ A great combination of peace and stimulation!

I harvested my first 2 tomatoes a few days ago (the big one in the photo below this one ~ I gave the other one to my nice neighbors), and let it ripen. My currant tomatoes are revving up, as well...



I'm so happy that these are organic!~ No pesticides were needed (yet)!



With my lemon basil, I'm thinking 'very cool breschetta'...!

This will be a few "firsts"~ (exciting!)
first tomato I've ever grown,
first tomato of mine I will eat,
first time I've grown lemon basil,
first time I will taste it!



Summertime is full of good things!~

Tomato Update:
Pleased to report that they are doing well.~
(still organic, at the moment)



(Cat, however, needs some attention!)



One of my tuberous begonias has a bud.~
(woohoo!)



We're getting a nice mix of rain and sun.~



The plants love it!

Glimpses in my garden
(starting with my favorite 'beauty shot')













This is my first time growing tomatoes, and they're coming along pretty good, so far.~ I hope the cats keep the birds away from them! Then, all I'd have to worry about is the bugs...

Lazy Summer morning in the garden
(both blogs)
I took a half day off, last week, spending most of the morning on my porch, enjoying the garden for an hour or two. Just doin nuthin special, enjoying the perfect weather....
A morning well-spent, if you ask me...~





One of my moonflower vines (here in the photo below, it's sharing a pot with the tuberous begonias) got big pretty fast~ I've been able to transplant it to its home under my bedroom window, by now....



It grew faster than the one I had planted in the front of my house...interesting, considering it only got morning light, and the one in front of the porch got light from morning till around the noon hour.
(But the morning light reached this potted one about half an hour earlier, so maybe that was the difference?)

Sunlight and rain
The rest of my garden spots are doing pretty well~ here is part of the Artist's Garden, along with Aster (those cats allllways sneak into the frame when they see my about to take a photo~ hamming it up!)



SEe? Rugosus snuck in on this one!



(I got that phlox from my aunt~ it's been doing quite well, considering it lives by the sweltering concrete driveway, and we had that terrible drought, last year.)

When the rain comes
Later on in the week, the rains came in~ we've been getting a nice, soaking rain about once every two days, sometimes every day.



There are more photos at my flickr pages~ if you want to visit, just click on one of the photos, and it will take you there.