Sleepover at Grandma's

It is fun to sleep under the heavenly canopy and look for falling stars!

 It appears Taylor would rather sleep on the ground rather than a mattress.

 It is great fun to play tag on the playground equipment, to swing, and just hang-out with Grandma!

More From the Yard and Garden - 

an update of growing plants and flowers

The early morning sun shining on the house - the flowers are beginning to bloom and grow

The plum tree is loaded with fruit 

Apples are doing well. We have 3 varieties: Golden Delicious, McIntosh, and Honey Crisp

Notice mom is in the background picking strawberries. 

They are coming to an end but we have had four good 

pickings

Our tiger lily is in full bloom right now 

 Yellow zinnias are a cheery flower

 Day lilies are in full bloom

 This is a beautiful color of 

Delphinium

Blue Delphiniums are a beautiful flowers!

 Our raspberry patch is doing well

 Raspberries are now begin to ripen

 This is the taste of summer

 Mom picking raspberries

 We have picked our first blueberries today (3)

 We planted earlier this year a Patriot blueberry bush . . .

  . . . and a Blu-ray variety of blueberries. Next year will be a good year for blueberries!

We have started to eat our red Pontiac potatoes. They are really good eaten fresh out of the garden!

New Fruit From The Garden

The first ripe tomato from our garden picked June 8, 2015. This is the earliest date for a ripe tomato. Our aqua domes placed over tomatoes planted in March has paid off!

Here are our first cherries picked from our tree on June 9, 2015. There will be many more cherries ripening over the next two weeks.

Strawberries in the garden

A bowl full of strawberries - makes great strawberry jam and pies!

Family Gathering: Sunday, June 7, 2015

Happy June Birthdays to Tim, Landon, Carter, Maggie, and Kurtis!

Flowers in the Garden-June 2015

 Roses

 Rose

 Peony

 Peony

 Snapdragons

 Day Lily

Blackberry blossom