In late spring, I bought some Asian lilies to put in the front porch planters for some spring color. Eventually, the lilies played out and I bought some Gerbera Daisies for the summer decorative flowers in the planters. I didn’t get around to putting them in the planters since a tomato plant had started to sprout in the soil where I cut back the lilies. The plant looked healthy, so I left it on the front porch to grow into a mature plant.

I guess it’s quite common for plants from a nursery to carry seeds from tomatoes and other things. This isn’t the first time for this to happen to us.

This is the plant today - sporting a healthy crop of tomatoes. When the tomatoes started to appear, I got a trellis from the back yard to support the weight of the tomatoes while they get ripe. Now, I’m looking forward to having garden-fresh tomatoes grown on the front porch. Click on the image to enlarge

The new property is in a tract where the access is via dirt roads. I stood on the road in front of the property and took several images and stitched them together to create this panoramic view of the road from one end to the other. On the left is the road continuing to the neighbor’s place on the west side. On the right, you can see the power-lines along the paved road to the east of our property. I took this photo several weeks ago before construction on the property began.

Click on the thumbnail image to see the full panorama.

We stopped at the garden shop for a few supplies today. While there, as usual, I took pictures of some of the pretty flowers on display. According to the label, this is a Khmer Pure Pink Ginger. Click on the image to enlarge.

We used a coupon to get a discount on a dozen Vendela roses on Friday. I arranged them in the vase where I already had some Asian ‘Stargazer’ Lilies. Click on the image to enlarge.

Our Sunday dinner menu included pasta and mozzarella stuffed meatballs with Verna’s excellent marinara meat sauce. We knew that Bear loved anything with Verna’s marinara, and today we now know that Cabela does too! You could almost re-use the paper plates when they were done.

You can’t see them yet, but maybe in late September, we will have some hot pink devil flowers crowning this Devil’s Tongue Cactus. You can see the beginning of the flower pods near the crown of the barrel cactus. Click on the image to enlarge.

We just love Cabela, our precocious new Miniature Pinscher. She’s new to us even though she’s two years old. Bear loves her too, but can’t keep up with her - none of us can. Click on the image to enlarge.