Last night we had dinner and Uncle Matt's house. He is quite the good cook. I told him that had I known how well he can cook, he would have had the opportunity a LOT more when he was growing up in my house! He rolled his eyes! Another thing he is good at!
But, we brought Jomo home with us. Today we are going out to the Air Force Base for an air show. Grandpa has only been to one other, and as far as I can recall, the same is true for me. And mine was not a military show. Should be quite interesting.
I have been planting like crazy. The front yard dons pansies and marigolds in pots as well as the in-ground things of previous years. The daisies are still blooming happily and the roses are all budding in spite of my late pruning. My garden in the back is now sporting well-established tomatoes, a hearty and healthy-looking strawberry plant with green berries on it, a beginning summer squash plant, two seedlings of zucchini, two or three sprouts of peas, some teeny blades of lettuce and cucumbers, and a I think, possibly, a carrot sprout. I am still planting okra and some more berries this weekend. I finally got some big pots. Our ground garden area is very over-grown with weeds and in spite of our treatments and pulling efforts, they remain the victor. Thus, we have resulted to our raised box garden and large pots. This worked well last year also. The squash, cucmbers, and beans (oh, yes, those are sprouting too!) can climb up trellises attached to the side of the box, which is quite large...about 12 ft. by 8 ft or so. I can also put a trellis or a teepee type of support around the large pots as well. I may also send the strawberries up a wire.
Enough about my garden. I am going to a yard sale at my neighbor's house and then get ready for the air show. The pictures are of random crafts or events...just to show off my family and life! And I forgot to mention that Jomo went with us to Pioneeer Village, (another outing but not for homeschool, since he attend public school!) We went on Valentine's day, which happens to be the Statehood Day of Arizona, so we had a lot of characters and history...it was a great time! Ah, such vanity...