We Have Tomatoes

Kirby has done it again this year.  We have dozens of tomatoes ripening right now.  They are so good that it makes it hard the rest of the year to eat a tomato.  I mean, who wants a production tomato after this!

Flowers

I have to thank Lucy again for the lovely flowers that she sent me on her blog. Lucy, that was so thoughtful of you and I could almost smell them. And I would like to give these little flowers to my friend, Barb, who is the wonderful "mom" to the best dog in the world - Holly! Love you, Barb!

And here is a little story about my orchid. I bought this orchid at the grocery store last year and took it to work until it lost all of it's blooms. Instead of throwing it away I brought it home, put it in the windowsill and watered it regularly. Months later I was so surprised to see a little sprout with 2 buds on it. Wow, lovely blossoms and I did nothing!

Last year it had a long stem of light lavender blooms. This year - only 2 but the color is much more intense.

It has been fun....so I bought another one and took it to work.......................

Purple Berries

I was sitting on the screened porch this afternoon talking on the phone when I realized that way back behind the big oak tree I could see something purple or fuchsia so I had to go investigate. I guess that tells you that I don't spend any more time working in the yard then I have too! Here are a couple of pictures of what I found. And while I was there taking these pictures I got a few little bites on my ankles - just a special gift from the local no seeums.

Does anyone know what these lovely berries are?