Frogs, sunflowers, and vacation. I love summer.

Sorry for the delay in blogging, I have been bogged and therefore, blogging has suffered. It's been a big summer. I finished my first non-traditional student quarter of college with an A average. (Can I get a WOOT! ) My tomatoes are tomatoey, my eggplants are delicious, the jalapenos are so spicy they create steam when opened (a minor exaggeration), and my black eyed susans and elephant ears are so summery they instantly bring a smile to the faces of those who experience my yard. In short, it's been a good summer. I used sunflowers at the restaurant this week and talk about a smile inducer, who can look a sunflower in the face and frown? Who?

Anyway, attached is a photo of a toad that was saved from a window well in Hastings a couple weekends ago, there were about 13 babies and a big daddy (or mommy, how can you tell?) stuck in the window well, the resident 8 year old and I saved them all. It was a shining moment. To the right is a picture of the above frog leaping. I do love leaping.

I've missed writing, I hope you missed me too. Off to vacation...hey beach plants, you better be ready for an A+ horticulture student to be in your mix. Yep, I just bragged.