Around the Place and Gone With The Wind...

 It amazes me every year that we put things into the ground and they grow.  Abbie has been studying Apologia's Botany this year and I am learning so much.  How a simple seed can grow into a plant that can make more seeds is beyond my comprehension.  How does it "know" what to do?  Our God is Amazing to let us see this.

And every year I learn something new about gardening.  I think I might have learned this last year too, but I forgot.  A family of six does not need 30 cantaloupe seeds planted.  Four would have been  more than enough.  So, does anyone want any cantaloupe seedlings?

Our fig tree is huge.  I like it being big because the chicken coop is right beside it and it provides plenty of shad for the chickens.  Its getting a little out of hand though.

Little tiny figs!

Speaking of getting out of hand-this boy is growing just like the weeds in the garden. 

The bunnies said Hello this morning!

Not quite blueberries and blackberries.  Oh ya'll, how I love to pick berries.  Yep, its hot and sticky and the bugs love me, but it is so relaxing to fill our baskets up. Again, I am amazed.  To see these little bushes bear berries and grow and flourish, it is mind-boggling sometimes. 

At the end of the gardening year I think I will just scream if I see one more tomato.  And at the beginning of the season I can't wait for the first one to appear.  And of course there is a light-saber in the garden.  Because that makes perfect sense.

And a very blurry picture of my very favorite flower.  I wish I could send you the smell.  When I walk outside and catch the scent all I can think is "I love the South."  I start thinking about family and bbqs and my grandparent's front porch and sweet tea and all the things I love about my home. 

For some reason I also think about Gone With The Wind and Scarlett and Melanie.  I was never a big Scarlett fan though, although I like the book and movie.  I always wanted to be Melanie. I mean, who didn't want to be Melanie?  To be naturally sweet all the time?  Except I would not have wanted to be married to Ashley.  Good grief, man-up Ashley!  Give me a Rhett anytime, although a nice Rhett.  With morals and all that.  Oh my goodness, how did I end up here?

So, since I'm here.  Who did you like?  Scarlett or Melanie?  Or are you a little of both :)?

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