It's the start of garden harvest time in my backyard...I LOVE that!!! We were having a gathering with neighbors the other night and I was making them all try my lettuce while we sat outside enjoying the weather. They of course were sort of laughing at me, but I was on cloud nine! To know that I can grow produce that can literally sustain life is empowering and so rewarding! Some of our friends' kids were super interested in what was what in the garden. We picked herbs, enjoyed the amazing aromas, I taught them about textures and seeds....what fun!! So in the spirit of my mind being in the mood for some type of change, I wonder why I couldn't have garden "class" gatherings with whoever was interested....Enchanted Garden Evenings? Teach kids in the neighborhood about growing and caring for the food that ends up on their tables at home? Hmmmmmm....

Each year I plant purple pansies around my garden and yard in honor of Gram, knowing she's always with me. So seeing those purple pretties sitting beautifully next to my zucchini, I can't help but think of her....and as always there are little butterflies darting around which I know are Grandma Rosemary. When Google Maps first came out with street view imaging, you may recall seeing the camera car occasionally driving through different neighborhoods. When it went through Grandma Rosemary's neighborhood, it just so happened to snap a pic of the her home address, with her crouched in the front lawn, pulling a dandelion. She LOVED maintaining her yard and took care of it with an impeccable zest...I take after her quite a bit in that sense. A little piece of her forever captured by "the Google" as we like to say :). I think about both grandmas as I care for my garden and I am missing both of these lovely ladies as I so often do. But they are both there with me. I know it. And probably chuckling along with me at the giant zucchini that got lost under it's mammoth leaves! There should be some sort of prize for a crop like that!  Thanks ladies :) Muah!