Inspecting The Plants....

I had to have the Beast fill up the bird feeders today.  The birds were complaining while he was gone this morning.  He was doing something at his church and was gone for a couple hours.  I got tired of their screeching.  He laughed when I told him but he went out and filled the feeders.  They've really been hitting them lately and a lot of birds have joined in the feast that weren't around before.  We're even getting more hummingbirds at our feeders but they are so small, the nectar will last much longer than the Beast's bird seed does.

One of the Beast's tomato plants (the one that I have been eyeing for fried green tomatoes when they get to the right stage) has gone crazy.  It's just filled with tomatoes of various sizes and has a lot of little blooms on it that will end up as tomatoes.  The other tomato plants have a few small tomatoes started but don't show the vigor of the one.  The pepper plant has a few nice green peppers on it but it will be a while before they are big enough to pick.  The strawberries are full of little strawberries and will only be a few days before they are big enough to pick.  The  blackberries are just starting to flower so it will be a while before those are even close to producing.  They don't usually have good berries until it's much hotter out.

A couple of the peach trees show signs of producing some fruit this year so perhaps the worst of the fungus is now gone.  We shall have to wait and see.  The Beast hasn't put out his Japanese beetle traps yet.  I am always amazed at how full the bags are when they are taken down each fall.  It's amazing.  What we need though is a trap that works BEFORE they lay their eggs in the peaches.  *Sigh*  The pears aren't ready to start flowering but they look healthy and vigorous.  I'm hoping we get a good harvest from them this year instead of just a dozen or so.

It was just gorgeous out today.  We only had a high of 82 so the Beast didn't put on the AC unit until about an hour before he was ready to go to bed.  Since he has church in the morning and gets up early so he can *doll up*, he likes to be comfortable at night.  Lady has taken to sleeping under our bed (it's her favorite place to go to sleep) so I have to brush her off in the mornings.  Even though the Beast steam cleans under there, he doesn't do it every day.  He only does it once a week or so and Lady seems to attract dust.  I loved the heat and felt just wonderful.  I was in and out of the house and up and about.  I made some tater tots to go with our dinner (just some sausages) and some broccoli).  I didn't want them to get freezer burn and it was starting to look like that was what was going to happen within the next few days.

I also made some raspberry jello and added the raspberries that I bought at Aldi's the other day.  The jello tastes wonderful.  I told the Beast that I would have added some cottage cheese to it but we are totally out of that.  I'm amazed.  It tells me that the Beast was the last one to eat it because I always make a note of it if *I* finish it.

I finally got a good copy of the flowers that Carol sent me and it downloaded like it should have.  I said I would show you how pretty it is.  I also know that Carol is always worried about using a florist she isn't familiar with (although she has used this one a couple times now) so she will be interested to see the arrangement, too.  Here it is:

Aren't they beautiful?  They also have a delicate aroma which was a surprise to me.  Thank you again, Carol.  You are so sweet and so good to me.  Love you much!

The Beast begged off from dinner again with Dennis and Di but used me as his excuse.  He said I was taking medicine for constipation, of all things!, and didn't want to be far from the bathroom.  At least it was inventive and actually was probably believable to Di.  She IS a doctor after all even if she IS a psychiatrist.  She had to learn all the things that all doctors do and she just went on and specialized in her field instead of regular practice.  But, with having my colon surgery, you just never know how your body is going to be affected...LOL!  The truth was he wasn't feeling good and I suspect it was his blood pressure.  He had that red faced look to him and I found out he hadn't taken his bp medication....again!  I'm going to have to remind him every day.  He keeps forgetting to take it and I told him if he doesn't take it regularly, it doesn't do him any good.  He claims he knew that but I am still going to remind him every day after I take MY meds in the morning.

Another nice warm day tomorrow and it's supposed to be sunny again.  I feel so bad for the people in the Great Plains area with all the tornadoes popping up for them.  I haven't watched the weather channel this evening so I have no idea of the damage they've done but I pray it hasn't been bad.  The forecast for tornadoes in the next few days is kind of scary, too.  None of it is expected in our area but that doesn't mean a thing to the people who WILL be affected.  Cross your fingers that it hits only in open areas.  So someone may lose an early crop but that's better than any other alternative. 

Love you all.  Hope your gardens are off to a good start, too.  Have a fantastic Sunday.  ***Hugs***