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Purslane Madness!

I got my hands on two new pots of purslane yesterday at Target. As many of you know, I LOVE purslane. I love the flowers, I love the taste, I love the colors....... this could go on for quite some time. Anyway, they both had the leaf shape of moss rose, (if you don't know what that is, call me to set up an appointment: ) one actually was moss rose, with multicolored flowers(the flowers themselves weren't multicolor, they just had different colored flowers on the same plant). The other one was white-flowered. I potted them up in a window box with three other varieties I had on hand(yellow, hot pink, and hot pink with yellow edges). This box

is going to be beautiful once the plants start filling in all the empty space. Here's some close-ups of some of the flowers

Sorry I couldn't get all of them!

This is a mystery flower. We have no idea what it is! If you know, let me know!

I had to write a "descriptive paragraph" for my composition class. Mom said I ought to put it on my blog, so here I am. Of course I changed a few details........I couldn't remember every single word that was spoken!

The Dog Ride
I hopped up into the grooved, leaf-strewn truck bed, right behind my siblings and the two dogs. The tailgate slammed shut. Amos, the dog, gave me a lick on the face. “All ready?” came the call from the cab. “Ready!” we yelled. With a lurch, the truck started. My sister squealed with delight as the ride bumped and jostled us against each other. Once we were to the side of the road, we picked up speed. The wind whistled past the sides of the truck. It was exhilarating. As we whizzed along, I looked up at the sky, which was a delicate azure, with hardly any clouds. Beautiful. The air smelled of pine and sweet grass. It also smelled of dogs, but I didn't mind...too much. Gleefully, Amos stood with his front paws on the side of the pickup. Elated at this unexpected bit of fun, the other canine stuck his nose in my face and grinned, if ever a dog could grin. I laughed and smiled back. Stroking his soft fur, I thought, Surely, surely, they must have dog rides in heaven.

Thank you for the dog ride, Grandaddy.

Pretty flower pictures to brighten your day.

Did it work?

If this doesn't gross you out...

I went out on the porch a few nights ago to get Noname in for the night, and I stumbled upon

some of my worst enemies on earth

Slugs. And not just any ordinary 'ole garden slugs either, they were...

Banana slugs.

I guess I need to go renew my salt trail around the porch. Yuck!

Not much has been going on around here lately.... unless you count a visit from the most awesome aunt in the world and my brand-new cousin from Colorado, something. They arrived on....Saturday of last week, stayed until Tuesday (two days ago) and flew off. Mom was going crazy the whole time they were here. She just couldn't get enough of little baby Hunter. Here's one of the few videos in which he is smiling(I apologize for my mother's cooing) . Here's some pictures of aunt Katy

Here's Hunter and "Hunclebarry" And here's me holding HunterIf I look sleepy, it's because I am. It was about seven a.m. and we were about to leave for the airport. That meant I had to get up at six. As many of you know, I'm not a big fan of getting up at six. Anyway......

We had a sweet visit, and we all hope that they'll come back soon ( aunt Katy, if you happen to read this, I still don't think the cottage/storage shed in the back yard is a bad idea) .

Tea parties and a box!

I have finally done it! What have I done, you ask? I finally learned how to make paper boxes! Take a look!

We have attended two tea parties recently. One was a birthday party for a friend, and the other was a spur-of-the-moment thing on the porch. Actually what happened was I had made a small pot of mint tea from our plants on the porch, and B. ( that stands for Brennan, or brother) asked if he could have tea with me, and then everyone else ended up asking until tea for two became tea for six, and then Lu offered to whip up a batch of scones...
The Birthday\tea party

Yummy strawberries!

Needless to say, we had a wonderful time!