Sunday, September 8, 2013

While I was away...

While I was away, the garden flourished, despite a heat wave.  Our kind neighbor kept the greenhouse watered for me.  That was a daunting task, since it was a daily requirement.  As you can see by my basket below, I was kept very busy canning and freezing upon our return.

 
 

Our lady hawk took advantage of the peace and quiet during our absence to put a dent in the resident chipmunks.  I enjoy the chipmunks (Ella not so much), but when two becomes too many I don't mind a check in the population.  
We missed our Ella and it is good to be reunited.  I think she enjoyed her stay at The Deadwood Dog House.  She was a happy puppy when we picked her up, but as you can see below she missed gardening as much as I did.    
 
 
 It was a great vacation, but it is good to be home.
 

9 comments:

  1. Glad you had a nice vacation !
    Welcome back .
    ALways fun to see Ella and your garden

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  2. Looking forward to hearing more about your vacation! It's like you have a jungle in that green house :) How nice is it to come home to all that ripe goodness? Glad you are back safe and had a good trip!

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  3. There's no place like home no matter how wonderful the vacation.

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  4. Lovely photos ! Oh Ella is so pretty ! Glad you had a good trip ! Looking forward to hearing all about it . I'm with that no place like home ! Have a good week !

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  5. I'm glad you had a great time and that with the exception of the chipmunks all was well on your return!

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  6. Beautiful photos. So glad the heatwave didn't ruin your garden.

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  7. The pictures are wonderful. . .and it sounds like you have a fantastic neighbor.

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  8. Lovely photo of the hawk and Ella too of course.

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