Took a nice walk on the beach on father's day. Just a little bit foggy. The fog is a daily thing lately.... I guess that's the norm. It's really not so bad. Some days it starts out clear and ends clear so some fog in between I can handle. We should be spending more time at the beach.

Slowly I have been changing our home decor from neutrals to bright colors. Recently found just the right kind of rug for me and my yellow chairs!

We went from this...



to this...



True to my usual shopping style I sold a different piece of furniture for the same amount I bought it for and then used the money to get this rug which was mucho discounted at Tuesday Mornings. It's a Waverly rug too and I know they run a bit to pricey for my taste. Come on by and feel how soft it is.

Spent a day working on our gardening project. Added a new bed, moved our lettuce and peppers out of the wall and made cone covers for the tomatoes. Naomi cooperated for a while by sitting on a blanket and playing. When she started eating the bark she had to be entertained so our neighbor Sue took her on her first wheelbarrow ride.



Jess built the second raised bed - it was much easier the second time around - and did all the hard labor of getting it filled up with dirt. I had the more technical job of building the tomato shelters. Just wrapped painters plastic around tomato cages to shield them from the wind. Hopefully that will help them along. I am also going to bring in a few to hang in the kitchen.





I started some kale and cucumber inside on the kitchen windowsill. The kale sprouted up within a day. Nothing so far on the cucumbers. I am also soaking some sugar snap pea seeds to plant. Usually peas are planted earlier in spring but I think it stays cool enough here for them to go in now. I'm going to try putting the carrots in between the lettuces. We'll see. It's really just a trial and error for us. The sunflower is doing amazing.... 10" to 2' in two weeks.

More to come later. We went on our first hike as a family. I took pictures.

Naomi got a hand me down hat. What do you think?

Alright, I will try to do a bit of updating here. What have I been up to? Spending too much time online?

Yes. I still have been getting outdoors enough. There are some beautiful hikes around here. I meant to take my camera on the last one but forgot. I'll get some photos for a future blog... could be months from now.
I have been working on growing plants. Food plants. They are not flourishing. Jess built a raised bed garden for the front yard, a composting bin and bought me a potted lemon tree. A co-worker of his gave us some starter plants and a neighbor also gave us some cherry tomato plants. In the pictures you will notice that you can barely see the plants... that is because of their puniness. I am thinking that I will bring the cherry tomato plants inside and put them in a hanging potter upside down like such. I don't think they are going to survive being in my garden. I have cilantro - doing ok, giant pumpkin - to be determined, onions - could pull through, suprise plants - I wouldn't know how they are doing because I don't know what they are. I also have planted lettuce in the brick wall at the front of the yard. It hasn't died but it hasn't grown since planting the starters.... same as the peppers I planted up there.




There may be a chance for these plants.... I've just have to get my black thumb to turn green.

I do not like the formatting on blogger. There has to be a better way. No time to figure it out. Got to get goin' now.

It's just amazing that just nine months ago we had an answer to prayer arrive in our lives! This little girl is a kick in the pants.



Just a few more of my favorite pictures... and there are so many.





I think I'll finish this off with one from her first day with us....



Sorry so short a post but I'll add more details soon.