A Little Piece Of Heaven!!

I love gardening so much!!!  I love it so much I look forward to getting down and dirty in it!!  I mentioned before that I water my garden by hand or to be specific by hose. I really don't like getting the leaves wet that often so I spend more time articulating that. It has become a 4 hour feet some days. I am an early riser(even though I love sleeping in sometimes) so I get up with the sun and I water . I also wait until the sun is almost setting before I go and water again. Usually the kids are asleep in the morning and getting ready for bed in the evening. I guess you could say it is my me time. I enjoy the peace and quiet and the stillness and sounds of nature. As I water I weed and I fix the dirt around the root.  I also have been battling the heat and the immense drought we have been having here in Texas, which has caused some plants to just dissipate.

 We finally got some more rain last night and I had just finished planting more squash, beans and zucchini. It was no surprise finding the seedlings sprouted after the long night down pour. Zach caught me in the garden one morning doing my thing.  I really enjoy it even though it is a lot of hard work but fun work in my opinion!

The garden and I about two weeks ago! 6/5

You can lose yourself out here in the moment of now!

My garden before the trellises.

8 rows of corn.

Fresh Zucchini! Yummy!

Hot Banana Pepper

Basil(attracts huge Bumble Bee's)

I got to pick a few radishes last week.

Onions, Radishes and Peas( The Pea's unfortunately might not out live the heat)

 

I love the purple flowers on  this eggplant!

There are about 5 more egg plant sprouting off since I took this pick last Sunday.

Cucumbers which I plan on making a bunch of pickles with(if they out live the heat as well).

5 new rows of corn planted the first week of June.

Corn planted in April with the bean sprouts growing up the middle( I will be posting a post on the 3 sister method and also complimentary planting soon).

Butternut Squash

Zach got me some trellises for my Pumpkin, Watermelon and Cantaloupe plants.

I also have 9 Zucchini plants underneath the pumpkin plants they are hard to see now that the garden is really taking off. Also growing here broccoli,romaine lettuce, carrots. Garden current pic taken 6/19

 

 

 

 

Grammar

I'm going through some old posts looking for all my grammatical errors.. If you happen to notice some posts out of place and from months prior this is why!

My Baby Turns 3 Today And What's In A Name?!

As anticipated this month Keynan Joshua Wade turned the big boy 3 today.  His birthday happens to land on my Mom's only sister's(alive) Birthday. When I was getting closer to delivery we wondered what day he might be born on. I have a cousin born in June and also my Uncle Wade(my Mom's brother who passed away 22 years ago). When Keynan was born on my Aunt Tracy's Birthday we all thought that was pretty cool.

It's my Birthday and I can cry if I want to, cry if I want to!

I also took some shots of the twins for Father's Day!

I also wanted to get a few shots with me in them.

  We named Keynan after one of my favorite singers (even though Zach would never admit it, so I am not going to mention the singer's name)  and he also was named after a dear friend of ours named Josh. Who passed away suddenly in a motorcycle accident 6 years ago. Joshua was a dear soul who trained me to become a Dialysis Tech. He loved heavy metal music just like Zach and I . Josh had kids way before us and we did not share that in common until right before he passed. He left behind a wife and 3 daughters, the youngest being 6 months old. His death is still very tragic to me and I thought it was appropriate to name Keynan after him. I admired Josh and respected him very much. There is that saying ,"Only the good die young". That would defiantly play the part with Josh, he was good, real good. one of the best souls that I will ever meet. He was 27 years old when he died and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't remember him and his example to others.

  Keynan was also named after my Uncle Wade who died suddenly from a brain aneurysm  at the age of 34. I was only 8 and it was hard for my Mom because she was close to her brother. He also shares the name of Wade Jr. Who is Uncle Wade's only son(child).
   As Zach and I were agreeing on the names he made a funny comment,"our son is going to be named after a bunch of dead guys". We chuckled and then decided that Josh and Wade were smiling some where knowing that they are missed and thought of.
  

 I can not believe how fast the time has gone by, just yesterday Keynan was learning to crawl and walk and eat solid foods. He has been such a joy for our family. I've savored the baby years and wish it would slow down. The more I wish that it slows down the faster the time goes.

I wanted to photograph him on his Birthday and I did just that. He wasn't really a happy camper but I got a few great shots before the sun came out and started to illuminate my photo's.


 Happy Birthday Keynan! We love you little man!

A Day At Lake Huntsville!

Uncle Mike with the kids and their cousins.

The friendly Squirl that did not care when I was photographing him or her.

Aunt Paulette and Uncle Mike with Ayden.

It was a beautiful day!

  This last weekend we had to spray for all the pesky bugs we get out here in Texas. Scorpions and large brown recluse spiders are not my friends!  When we first moved here I was so spooked to go outside at night because I would walk right into cobb webs. I also would not go any where outside without shoes. These days I don't even jump at the site of scorpions or brown recluse spiders and I walk around barefoot even at night. I just grab a shoe and smash the spiders. I like to pick the scorpions up by the tail and toss it to the chickens. There is so much satisfaction watching our chickens rip apart a scorpion.  Our family decided to spray that day too. So while the the spray was drying we met up at the lake. 

 We needed a day out of the house and the boys were so excited to learn that they could go swimming. Swimming was a big part of our lives back home, so they were just ecstatic.  I didn't take to many pics but here are a few. We plan on getting a season pass so we can camp and swim all summer here.

Catching Wild Red Cardinals!

Thayne with a red cardinal and once again with no shirt!

Are you surprised no shirt, ha,ha!

All the boys letting the bird go free!

Ayden proud to have caught a female Cardinal

  We have many beautiful birds here in Bedias. To name a few are  Cardinals, Blue Jays, Wood Peckers and more. I have captured a few with my camera but these animals know when the camera is pointed at them. I find it to be the most fascinating  thing to observe.  I have really become passionate about photographing wild life but I have come to the conclusion that it is a bit challenging.  I will be holding my camera from 300 ft away and deer, birds and even insects notice I am there.  One of the hardest birds to photograph has been the cardinal because it is so fast. My boys are pretty fast themselves and they have figured out a way to catch these beautiful birds.  They have set up the chicken coop with live bait and they catch a few during the week.

  Above are the  shots of some of these amazing birds. In the process the boys have learned that the pretty red ones are the male birds and the camo ones are the female.. What an amazing order nature has and what a blessing to be surrounded and immersed by it's goodness.