Let’s take a quick walk through the garden.

I’m sharing a garden with my mom this year. We get busy at different times of year so it usually works out that one of us has to watch the other’s garden. So if we combine it, all is well right? So far so good. Plus she has a killer spot and things grow like crazy. Proof?

Lets start with the pumpkins. So big they’re growing out on the lawn - these little twins have had a scrape with the lawn mower.

How big is the patch really? Baby Boogie is pretty big

And 10goingon20 is almost as tall as I am

I hunted around for more pumpkins and squash hiding away in the tangle of pumpkin jungle. There were a few - check out the jungle with promise of much more!

At the edge of the jungle on one end is a flourishing watermelon plant. Looks as though they’ll all be ready at once too!

I forgot to take a picture of my Eggplant plant which isn’t so impressive now that I’ve plucked 3 perfect eggplants from it today. But I did get one of my giant brussel sprout ‘trees’

And lets not forget the reason I went out there, the green beans. They need one more picking on this row and in another week or 2 the second row should start producing if they’re not completely over run by the pumpkins.

Finally, the tomatoes. My Mom goes nuts over the tomatoes and it’s always a massive jungle:

No really, massive:

And full of gorgeous tomatoes:

That’s not all the veggies we have growing so far. There’s herbs, beets, celery, carrots, kale, chard, cukes…… So much coming ready right now! My spare time will be spent in the kitchen cooking meals now and canning for later. I have a new recipes that I want to try. If they work out, I’ll let you know.

When it rains it pours.
I’ve had the flu this week. Tuesday… I was knocked out at work. Luckily no one had been there yet and I just left. And I haven’t been back since though I am upright and doing stuff today. It’s one of those sicknesses that you can’t get much knitting done. A little computer time and a little TV time and I’m not sure I was very coherent during much of it at all.

I did do a few rows on things here there. Nothing impressive….
The Naughty Rhinebeck Sweater (if it gets done in time)

Thrive Cowl

Silk Baktus

I’m moving and mostly coherent today. I hope to be back at the shop tomorrow to get packages out the door. Sorry for the delays folks.

Stress fracture. That’s my “cute” little boot footie shoe thing. It keeps my foot immobile after the ankle. It’s not fun to walk in but I am grateful I don’t have my ankle immobile too. I still have a lovely hobble going. 5 more weeks and counting.

It’s making me lay down more and knit:

The yarn is some lovely Navajo plied stuff that John made for me. I decided I needed to make gloves for myself. I love them. John is such a honey.

My yarn is watching me now.

It knows I’ve been neglecting it.
Thank you to Jacey of Insubordiknit for making me this awesome Vitreous Humor yarn.

Long legs in stride. Pounding as they run. A graceful run at that. Like a gazelle. More of a loping than a run or a jog. Gorgeous even strides loping out the miles all graceful and shit…..

Lovely fantasy about how I run. When I get on my treadmill lately I’m doing it to run jog plod. Yes, Plod. As I’m running I have this unnatural vision of myself as the gorgeous graceful creature I described in the first few sentences. Then I trip, catch a glimpse of myself in the window….something brings me back to the reality of my stubby little legs mercilessly pounding out the miles on the treadmill.

The point is though, I am pounding out the miles. I’m doing it!
I had this crazy idea years ago that I wanted to do a Marathon. Another kid happened and I had stopped running all together. 2 kids and a business to run? Time to train? ha!

Wait, other people do it. Why can’t I?

Now I’m not expecting to run a full marathon anytime soon or to even win it when I do get there. I fully expect to be plodding along as normal and just cross the finish line of a half marathon or a small local race.

Why?

Just to prove to ME that I can do it.