Busy in the Garden

 It’s been a long time since I’ve reached out. It is the height of growing season here in the Willamette Valley, after all.

I wanted to share a few of the flowers I’ve been encouraging. Yeah, I'm passionate about colors. My yard has so many! 

Here are some of my pretties. Do you grow any of these where you live?

Big Brother Lily, Gaillardia, Hydrangea, Hummingbird Vine

How about roses? I have SCORES of roses! Here are some from today's bloom fest:

Butterscotch, Green Ice, Paintbox, Sweet Revenge, Judy Shaw

We also grow fruit and veggies. I volunteer at the local food bank on Fridays. With all the cucumbers I grow, I have a ready outlet. When the tomatoes come on, I'll have a wide variety to share, too.

Mini yellow watermelons growing with cucumbers, one of five peaches (they usually don't grow here), and a 'sprig' of my own variety of apples: Early Pinkie. They may look like crab apples but besides being sweet, they're already mature! I started these from seed from a Fuji (I think) apple ten years ago. Yum!

My husband has been a tremendous help. He’s set up drippers and sprayers on existing beds and planters, and then built more and reclaimed a few that were overgrown. Plywood packing boxes and plastic fish totes have been repurposed into truly raised beds. No stooping to weed or harvest veggies (no flowers in these except early daffodils).

Those beams above my 6'2" husband are the supports for the watering system. I told him all that was missing were lights...so he put up some colorful, effect-changing solar-powered ones. What an awesome sight/site in the evening!

So, that's why I haven't been writing. That doesn't mean you can't catch up on reading, though. If you haven't read all the series in The Haviland Universe, one from each series is on #99cents Sale. 

Here are the images I created with #MidJourney of the characters from the following books. Thanks, @MattVidPro for all the tutorials!

The Midwife’s Son (That Twin Thing series), 

Crazy Ladies in Capes Debut (Arlie Undercover series), 

BigMac (The Fairies Saga series), 

and They Call Me Sherlock (Triplets: Three Aren’t One series). 

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