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Waiting for the [Tomato] Storm

With these 27 cherry tomato plants that came up on their own, plus the 1 that I bought, I figured I’d be crazy with an over-abundance of the sweet like candy tomatoes by now. I’ve only gotten a couple a day so far. In fact, I’m picking more cucumbers than cherry tomatoes these days.
But all the plants are just laden with little green tomatoes like these. It’ll be worth the wait.

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Baby Watermelons

Mmm, I can hardly wait until these are ready to pick. I’m not sure what this variety, the Jenny Lind, is supposed to be like, but it looks like this one plant is going to produce many watermelons all summer long. It already has these two melons, and I think there is another one hiding under the leaves somewhere.

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How To Make Cherry Tomatoes Disappear

I started out with six cherry tomatoes….


…but Oli only left me with two. How could I resist those eyes? And he has so much fun playing with them before he eats them. He bats them around like a kitten until he has punctured the tomato, then, he gobbles it right up.

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Hearts and Flowers

I think I showed you this before, when it was still in progress. I’m so pleased with the way this design turned out. Now, I’m not usually a hearts and flowers kind of gal, but these are so pretty, I want to keep them for myself. For now, they will go into the stack for Christmas presents, but if I get enough other sets done, I have every intention of keeping this pair. Kit: Rose Hearts pillowcases from Dimensions.
Thread used: DMC variegated pink 99 and DMC variegated green 92.

Because the pillowcases turned out so well, I bought the Rose Hearts quilt blocks for a way in the future project.

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Sunny Faces

These were just two of the varieties of sunflowers that we planted last year. I had so many, I had to give them away to anyone who would take them. I guess I kind of went overboard, what with so many pretty varieties to choose from… well, I didn’t choose. I got one packet of each fancy variety that I liked.Neither of us had to plant any this year, because mom found many volunteers coming up on their own in her garden.

Some varieties from last year:

Velvet Queen

Italian White

Lemonade Mix

Chinti Hybrid

Van Gogh Mix

Mammoth Russian

Vanilla Ice

See how a girl could get carried away?