farmer's daughter

Yoda likes to play in my work bag.My baby

Yoda likes Donald and I think Donald likes Yoda, too. ;)

my first onion crop ever!

Beautiful bloom on my okra plant

Waiting on the okra to get big enough to eat!

I am so excited about my small garden! I dug my onions this week, and although I had to put them too close together to get everything planted, I am still happy. Some are rather small, but they shall be used also.

I am going in a bit to pick cucumbers and try to find enough squash to fry for dinner. Ben loves fried squash and okra. The okra will take a while longer. I can't believe how fast these vegetables are growing. One day the cucumbers were tiny and the next almost big enough to eat! I can't wait for the tomatoes to ripen, then I can have a salad from my garden! This is a natural high for me; you can laugh if you want, but I am amazed at how this stuff grew from the tiny seeds I put into the earth a couple of months ago. God is incredible to do it this way. Maybe it's so we will see Him in it.

after the storm

Your love surrounds me
Your love astounds me
Your love is everything

(Kari Jobe - Pure)

My heart is rejoicing with these lyrics today. They are running over and over in my head, and over again.

We had a storm last night. We knew it was raining hard and Hannah came into our bedroom and said a big limb was in the yard. Donald went to check and I stayed in our comfortable bed. This morning I realized it was a "big" limb, several of them in fact. It fell right beside our bedroom and we didn't even hear it; it fell right between our house and the street where Josiah's pickup was parked. It was like God directed it exactly where to fall so we wouldn't be damaged. There are a few leaves and sweet gum balls on the roof. Tuesday night at Celebrate Recovery Eddie asked the question, "How big is my God?" Big enough to keep us safe and tell the limbs where and how to fall!

I was out taking pictures this morning, all the while rejoicing at God's goodness and protection; our neighbor was on his way to work. He stopped and asked if we have a chainsaw and I told him no. He has one and said he will come over this afternoon after work and bring his saw! I didn't even ask God for help in cleaning it up, but I have absolutely no idea how we would have managed it.

My God is an awesome God!! Thank you, Father!

transformation

From this..... to this........

Now I'm working on my walkway and about to go look for lumber for my bridge.

oh yoda

We went to dinner at our friends' house the other night and I came home with this cutie! I named him Yoda because he looked like Yoda to me. His eyes were a bright green and his ears were big and his face shaped like Yoda's face. He's just six weeks old and he's mine!!

He likes my Donald also.

now she rests

I've done it again. I have worked and worked on our patio until I am exhausted. I am taking the rest of the week off. I have to. I can't continue without any energy. I am whiny, and tired, and not sleeping well because I am putting down brick in my dreams. I took yesterday off and stayed home last night to rest because I didn't fall asleep until after 3:30 a.m. the night before. I went to bed at 6:30 and watched TV until the Lakers beat the Nuggets. :(

I am posting some new pictures so you can see what I have accomplished. I started on our sidewalk this morning and only got about a foot. I'm not very good at using a shovel. Ben did such a great job on the part he put down. He made it look so easy, but it isn't easy at all. So I cleaned up the yard some and called it quits for this week.

I hope this link works so you can see the pictures I've taken.

http://www2.snapfish.com/launchslideshow/AlbumID=822211014/SUBSCRIBER_NAME=SNAPFISH//EntryIDX=1

do they really expect me to believe this???

another e-mail.....

hello
this is to inform you that your funds $1.8 Million dollars due has been uploaded into corporate visa card,and it has registered it with dhl company and delivery will be shipped,A Tax/Stamp Duty must be procured according to the new customs creed and the essence ensure a hitch-free delivery and the amount is $75.usd only,contact director Mr.John Brown
E-mail:(................) tel:+(taken out since I don't want you to get my millions!) send your info to them,1 your full name 2 Your home address:telephone. Dr Peter Gibb

I do think if I was sending these I would come up with a catchier name than John Brown.

the rest of the story

This is my newest purchase (the wagon aka/garden cart, not the brick). My heavenly Father has again abundantly provided as you will soon see. My Asian Jasmine is spreading!!!!

We actually have some green grass this year!!!

My garden is growing, okra, squash and tomatoes here...

More okra beside my onions...

Lettuce beside the onions and I'm waiting on my pepper plants to emerge...

Part of our patio project...

My wonderful fountain...

Pretty fern

My awesome glider from Connie and Eddie...
Our new hammock which I have not had time to use; maybe because I see all the brick waiting to be cleaned beside it?

It's coming along quite well considering...

Clean brick that our neighbors' gave us from their shop...

Brick from a wall around a patio that was given to us; Ben did a great job tearing it down. Daniel, Ben, and I worked almost 6 hours getting the rest of it. Jeffrey helped one afternoon also and Donald even got in on one load.