HopZ

Here is a semi birds-eye-view of the hops covering the porch.

This year there seem to be more "windows" than I remember!

The table is nicely tucked in!

It's Alive!!

This is one of my Clematis plants.

I had two, one on either side of the porch.

One appeared to have died during the winter.

I was sad as it was the oldest one and the one that came with the house.

(actually I have another one in the garden!)

But Look!

It is alive!

It is small,

but it is living!

I am so excited!

I had a little celebration last night when I discovered

LiFe!

Bella

Little Bella Wood!

What a cutie!

We stayed with Dad and Elvis as our "wedding lodging"

Bella was there all the time we were there.

It was very fun to become aquainted with her!

Nina's Wedding

The Bride and Groom

Two aunts of the bride

the bride strikes a pose!

Scapes

Time for me to snip the scapes.

This supposedly makes the garlic cloves bigger,

but the scapes are SO cool,

I have a hard time making myself cut them off!

These "Johnny-Jump-Up's" just come up on their own,

I can't seem to make myself pull them,

so I just mulch around them and enjoy the burst of color!

See the perfect scape circles!

lOvE them!

making jam.....

I have been getting gallons of fresh picked strawberries from a "neighbor" and they are delicious!

I get raw milk from another"neighbor" and the fresh cream from the milk is wonderful on a bowl of fresh berries!

I have been dehydrating the berries too, to preserve some summer sunshine for the dead of winter. Dehydrating them really concentrates the sugar and makes them super sweet.

Such a treat!

I also made some strawberry vinegar. That is what is in the middle bottle.

I did strain the whole berries out and it makes a nice vinaigrette!

July 4th

These little girls were feeling like rock stars driving this convertible!

They were waving and socializing and actually ran into another little girl that was dashing for candy, the savvy moms saved the day and noone was injured, but as you can see they are not looking ahead of them as the drive! they nearly struck pedestrians 3 times while they were in front of us! Future "driving to work while applying make-up" ladies here!
Note the keg on the back!

This is Mizz Mazzy, one of my favorite little friends!

And

the Mother Tub!