My dill went to seed and now it is only good for vases.
Boy in his pink PJs.
Bill finds interesting things on roadsides.
Cormac, aged two years: What are you cooking, Mama?
Me: Pasta.
Cormac: And you’re going to put that grass on it?
(Summer in the sub-tropics – afternoon storms and sun and humidity; you can literally watch the plants grow they’re going so fast in our garden at the moment).
Meeting the rooster brother of our hens.
At the hen farm.
(This summer we have been eating lots of cold soups and drinking cloudy apple ciders, but this wasn’t one of those days because I can also knock out a pretty great curry).
A romantic curry lunch just for Bill and I.
Cormac builds block towers while the rest of the family has dinner.
Lauca sliding off a home-made waterslide at an uncle’s place.
I really like how Evangelicals depict the Armageddon and I made some guy’s day by accepting his booklets when he was door-knocking the area recently. I had a sense there might be some treasures inside and then I found this.
Don’t forget to iron your clothes when the world ends.
A request by letter from Lauca, aged six years.
blue milk 
Regarding the dill, it is potentially useful for something else: leaving in the garden (if you haven’t already picked it all) and you might have self-seeding dill next season 🙂
Anyway, great photos. Seems like you are doing the new camera justice!
All veggie gardening tips welcome as I am a newbie. Have left some in the garden to self-sow for next season and this is a good reminder not to pick all the flowers. .
Also, big thanks for the photo compliment.
Coriander is also a good self-seeder, if you want plants that look after themselves (verrrrryyyyyy good – only let coriander go to seed if you really, really like coriander!) (it gets to the point where you can harvest pickle jars full of seeds and still leave enough seeds to have masses of greenery when it comes up next season). (I thought it might be the herb on the top of the pile in the fourth photo but on closer inspection, probably parsley?)
See also: various chinese greens and celery.
And you probably already know this, but only throw pumpkin seeds in the compost if you are prepared for exponential pumpkinery.
#lazygardening 🙂
I don’t really have any actual tips, though, being an apartment-dweller these days. I just play in my parents’ garden from time to time, preferably when there are yummy things ready to pick!
Did Lauca get her sleepover? Or did she want to sleep at someone else’s place? I seem to recall a story about her ending up in your bed leaving her friend behind by herself?
I adore Lauca’s letter! Clever little introvert. Did she get a sleap ova? Or did you say maybe when I’ve had a chance to prepare myself psychologically?
Also, Cormac’s looking really lonnnng.
Lauca was begging for her first sleep-over at someone else’s house.. and she got her wish, who could say no to that heartfelt letter, and it was a success. Hooray.
Yes, Cormac is very long – as long as an average 4 yr old and he is still only 2 yrs old. We breed ’em tall here.
‘Cormac builds block towers while the rest of the family have dinner.’
I just love how much this leaves unsaid, but says so clearly.
That water slide is amazing! I think I want a turn!
Those are some great photos. Your blog is having a heavy influence on mine – this Monday I wrote about breastfeeding in public, and today I posted photos from every day of my daughter’s life (she is one month old today).
Louise Curtis
I’m so pleased.
@ Louise – I am in awe of a mother who has a one month old and remembers to take photos everyday! What a beautiful record to have, babies change and grow so quickly.
Thanks Mindy. Blogging daily means I’m almost never far from my camera. When I look back over a year, I’m always stunned at how beautiful my life is.
Louise Curtis
I adore these picture posts. I found a letter on the floor of the study today, my 16 yo daughter had written it and I would do a similar post myself on my own blog only I think she would die from embarrassment (It’s a secret admirer letter to the boy she currently likes a lot.)
Awww how sweet.
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