Finally corraled the little critters!!

The girls were out again this morning so figured I must have done something wrong. My neighbor stopped by to tell me he might have found some stoves, and I shanghaied him to check the fence. His verdict, no juice. He was on his way to a painting job, but came over this evening to double check, still no juice. Charlie and I trekked down to the slightly larger city and bought a new energizer for the fence. Neighbor Dave came over and hooked it up and double checked fence and said we are good to go. The girls were very good, they never roamed far and did quite a bit of eating while they were out. Tomorrow they are going to be surprised to find they can no longer just wander through the fence. The worry of course is that something will scare them, or they will get into farmer's field and tear stuff up. So this will ease my mind. The only thing I can figure is that the lightning that hit our tree also damaged the fence. It just took a while for them to realize there was no shock in the fence.

Pretty warm today, but cooled off tonight which is a good thing. I put some red landscape cloth down around the tomatoes, supposed to reflect red light back at them??? I don't know, it was on sale and should help with the weeds. Something ate the pretty pink daises I planted, phooey on them hope it upset their stomach. Am loving all the hollyhocks and roses that are in bloom as well as other assorted flowers. I have this vision of wandering along paths lined with a huge variety of flowers. Hidden nooks and crannies with benches and fountains, Jim can make sculptures to keep himself busy. Well, it might be a slightly skewed vision, but it's mine.

My summer squash plants have gotten huge, and finally some blossoms. I have been picking lettuce , eating salads 3 times a day and giving it away and still it grows. To the right are all tomato plants, and in the lower left a corner of my strawberry patch. Also somewhere in there are sweet potato plants, they have kinda gotten buried. Also some spinach and garlic, cucumbers and a lonely watermelon plant. Just behind where I am standing is a zucchini plant that has taken over the whole corner. I might just have to try my hand at zucchini bread. I am leaning all kinds of things about vegetable gardens. I need to leave more room between rows, all those seed do really come up. Also I want to do this again next year with more and better. The gourds that I planted have also taken off, hopefully I will get some in the fall. I planted a variety of shapes for fun. Oh, I also actually got started on my birdbath, there is hope.

The big project for tomorrow is to finish the roses I am making for Ellen's cake. Only about 300 of them, yikes! I did get started and have about 50 done, but back said no more, so will hit it again in the morning when I am fresh. Will also take a few Aleve to ward off spasms. I will post some pictures so you can see what you think. A few mentioned they have not tried the decorating, you should give it a try. Like anything it takes practice, but making it pretty is so much fun. Wish we were closer I would be glad to teach you.

My best to you all, Barbara