Backyard Scene

We had been having temperatures in the 90's with heat index up to 110 here in the South. Last week we finally had a few days of more comfortable days heat wize and with less humidity. I took advantage of this by having my lunch on our screen porch. I love it out there where I can enjoy our flowers and listen to the birds sing. As I was eating my lunch, I noticed the butterflies on our butteryfly bushes. They were really enjoying their lunch too. After lunch I went out to try to capture the beauty. Of course, as I was trying to take pictures, they would fly from flower to flower and be upside down or their beautiful wings turned away from me. I wish I had gotten a wing spread of the black butterfly--it was beautiful!

I hope you enjoyed the pictures that I was able to get.

Love,

Marie

One For Us!

We got our first tomato yesterday. We debated on letting it stay on the vine one more day, but did not want to risk the squirrels getting it. The green Roma's were on the ground and my DH thought they fell off. Before coming into the house, he went by the birdbath and there was a green Roma that the squirrels had carried and eaten part of. They leave nuts in the birdbath all the time.
A friend of ours shared their bounty. This is just a sampling of what they brought. I have lots of cucumbers and don't know what I am going to do with all of them. I would love to be able to make pickles, but because of health problems, I am limited. Any suggestions for some easy pickles?
Love,
Marie

Garden View

"Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these." Luke 12:27

First Vegetables

Well, we are so excited about our first vegetables from our garden. We also had our first meal from part of the squash and zucchini. I cubed one zucchini, several squash. an onion and sauteed them in olive oil. I cooked some "curly pasta" and mixed that with the cooked vegetables. After placing it on our plates, we added Parmesan cheese and Ranch dressing. Boy! That was so good.
Marie