Like a beaded veil

After a HOT Saturday, today dawned cloudy and cool. "How nice," I thought; "so much better for an outdoor wedding than blistering heat!" Then it started to drizzle. Uh oh – but oh, so pretty!

But then, the drizzle stopped and the sun broke through the gray layer. (I found out later that the wedding site didn't get any precipitation, saving the bride any additional stress.)

It was a lovely wedding in a lovely location:

My favorite photo; a tender moment during the prayer:

The bride is a girl after my own heart – her and her sister's horses were tied up next to the platform:

That's it for our romantic Sunday, from . . .

Fresh on Friday: It's zucchini season!

Not yet in my garden, but Rick has been bringing home zucchini from clients' gardens. Fine by me; it's good stuff, Maynard!

So I had two overripe bananas on my counter that needed to be used, a couple big zucchini to shred, and muffins to make (Rick favors muffins and fresh frozen fruit for Friday night suppers). I googled "zucchini-banana muffins" and found these. They looked good, as did these when I followed the link in the first recipe. So I made the muffins for tonight and the brownies for a picnic tomorrow, along with this (Rick brought home some lovely small zukes, too) and this (from red potatoes freshly dug out of the same client's garden and herbs from mine). Oh, I also made zucchini patties for Brian's and my lunch today. I'm no food photographer, but here are the dishes in order of mention (except for the patties):

Now go wipe the drool off your chin. You're welcome. ;-)

That's it for today from . . .

My tropical vacation

It only lasted an hour, but every second of it was delightful!



That's it for today from . . .

The cukes may have done it

The epic cucumber fail of 2014 could not stop me. I want need fresh garden cukes! On my way home from the wedding Sunday, I bought a gallon pot containing six big, healthy heritage cucumber starts. After planting, I tented a piece of fencing over them to provide some protection (thinking birds might have eaten my seedlings). Last night when I was moving the hose, I found this:

Just like my green beans, something had EATen most of them! As you can see, I immediately tried to revive the ravaged plants with water. I also removed the fencing and surrounded them with a white plastic 55-gallon barrel with the top and bottom cut out. I'm afraid to go look at them this morning . . . or maybe I should. The damage to those cukes may just be the straw that made the camel start shooting something other than a camera.

Camera shots:

Taken while working on Lance this morning; details on horse blog

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