Okay, so first of all I should probably apologize for the
unexplained hiatus. Those of you who’ve been hanging around here for a while
are used to unexplained hiatuses (hiati?), some of which may last a month or
more. As you may have noticed, I have turned over a New Blogging Leaf, so three
days is now officially A Long Time.
I’ve been really busy with copywriting assignments,
volunteering at the cat rescue (which is now a cat and dog rescue), and spending all day on Saturday watching the WV Strawberry
Festival Grand Feature Parade with my dad’s family, which consisted of us
sitting around and talking about how much better it was back in the day.
Seriously, you guys, the parade sucked. I should’ve taken some pictures so I
could recrap it for you. Luckily, I searched through my phone and found one
photo I took last year that pretty much sums it all up. This is the Abstinence Works
Float:
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| That's a painted wooden box on a trailer covered in a tarp. And they call this "one of the best parades in the Eastern United States." |
This year’s Abstinence Works Float was a large wooden
American flag with the words “Before you say yes, say ‘I Do’” and “American
Freedom: A Family Tradition.” Same trailer, same tarp, same woman and kid. I’m
not sure if the woman and kid are supposed to be decorative or what. I’m
guessing they’re an example of what you can have if you save yourself for
marriage?
So, anyway, back to the topic at hand. A couple of weeks
ago, I
blogged
about planting my first personal vegetable garden. After two days of toil,
I diligently checked each morning for signs that my seeds would grow. I was a
little worried because it rained all day every day for the first week, and I
seem to recall hearing somewhere that seeds will rot if the soil stays too
moist. Then it frosted, which wasn’t very good for my tomato and pepper plants,
but they survived. And then, it happened:
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| I'm hoping that at least some of this is lettuce. |
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| Definitely beans, probably. |
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| Cucumber. |
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| Pumpkin. I've always wanted to grow a pumpkin. I know, dream big. |
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| Peas! |
And also:
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| A TINY TOMATO! |
