dirt + seeds + water + Time

The waiting is the hardest part....

Ready for my scene ! pop open now...

corn seed + sky + tassels = corn coming soon

big gourd...from the view of a 2 year old child

baby pumpkin

dusted with pollen courtesy of the Bees......morning glory as an August sunset

Hurricanes and America & the President you pick

I keep this vid handy. When I feel depressed, that my vote won't count...I watch this and cry. I know that George Bush and all his racist rich friends...and his clones Rick Perry and Michelle Bachman and Mitt Romney all look at Hurricane Katrina and blame the black people and the poor white crackers for being dumb, for being poor, and for having faith in a country that promised them liberty and equality.
What America is under all the prettiness is this murderous neglect...on display during Katrina.
That the American govt over- reacted to Hurricane Irene is because we finally have a President and a government that finally gives a shit...a govt. that hasn't given a shit since Jimmy Carter.




The people of New Orleans were sacrificed...were murdered by the Bush admin...the undeniable racism is best seen raw...in the comments that Barbara Bush makes at the end of this video. That, folks, is racism.
This vid is from Zadi, known as karmagrrrl.

from NY Times---
"Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast with devastating force at daybreak on Aug. 29, 2005, pummeling a region that included the fabled city of New Orleans and heaping damage on neighboring Mississippi. In all, more than 1,700 people were killed and hundreds of thousands of others displaced."

Like spending on Office equipment....

because it is...it was.
New keyboard with the letter u U. yes...no more keeping it on a clipboard. Expect many capital U's from now on. Don the Tinfoil Hat if yoU have issUes.

Then, hell, let's jUst (sorry)...pull all the info off and reload Windows. Yeah, let's do that. Done.
Load in all the programs that I lost.
The good news is I'm good to go for another 2 years or so before I replace my old workhorse here.
so here's some pretty pictures.
new listings very darn soon too !

Cherokee Purple tomato....yUm !

here's the bottom of the tomato....and the inside of the tomato....
no need to tell you that this is what heirloom tomatoes look like....now that we're all up to speed on that!
that's the PSP box.....nice dinner out and a long visit with Colin and chatting about hot sauce and his new digs...and the lovely Jennifer....

When I wasn't taking pics of the garden, I was laying around on the beach...and hangin' with my canoe. and I cleaned my whole house....mopped floors even. Next week....painting....

my corn is 8 feet tall !

gourd !

finally, my first Morning Glory....now I get 3 or 4 a day....

the beach fence with the nasturtium climbing along......

The lily in the garden

I planted a few lily bulbs in pots last spring...and they have been so amazingly gorgeous !
big waxy petals....orange pistils with velvety pollen...almost otherworldly.....I'm hooked ..I'm planting more more more next year...

here's the buds.....and the sedum Autumn Joy...that they look so perfect along side.....

pale pink.....

these are Oriental lilies.....easy to grow....just plant in the sun in soil that's good garden soil, and that drains well.....no sogginess or they'll rot. Lots of sun but not a hot spot, or they'll fry. Some afternoon shade will make the blooms last longer than 2 or 3 days.......

Sedum Autumn Joy ...tiny blossoms in the large floret umbels......

White......
after bloom, leave the stalks and the leaves to build up food for next year. I'm bringing the pots inside the garage to overwinter in dry conditions.....and then repot in fresh soil next spring.

and....the bird feeder...from the cat's eye view.....that's a chickadee butt

Just a song before I go....

I've listed some new things over at my website store. All that is fresh and new....eventually all of funkomavintage will be there....Here's What's New !

60s green pleated Party Dress Vintage Mad Men style...
My goodness I love this !! so Mad Men! this makes me smile...Can you imagine this at a party...What Fun ! Lovely color...Martini Olive color...perma-pleats (a personal fave)...fun..flippy...mini party dress. I show it with a 60s chain belt, but for fall and holiday parties, I think black accessories are fantastic....and around December....wouldn't Red things look so Festive ! Red shoes, red belt and a big poinsettia flower pin in your hair. Yeah ! Jingle Bell rock....

and some sexy shiny shoes....50s black patent leather stiletto high heels...

so yeah, leaving etsy in the next few months....ugh. What the f is wrong with people. Jeez, betrayal is so bad. me no likee....so a song...about leaving.

Summer flowers make a summer dinner....

Is there a greater joy than growing your food....harvesting it....cooking it right there outside....Opening a gift of dreamy wine, and toasting to the real Good Life.
Money can't buy this...this perfect meal.....well, OK, a little money for seeds and a few weeks of time, right?
You cannot get this kind of delicious meal, this satisfaction at any restaurant.....many try, and they fail.

A shasta daisy from my front yard....and a lily from a pot sitting in the side yard....

the beautiful shady blues and sunset lavenders of a mophead hydrangea.........

And ...a little bit lily.....and a little bit edible beauty.
Here's a garden variety basil.....
and an Alaska nasturtium........both of these can be eaten.
The basil of course.........but less well known is the sweet nasturtium. So delicious and so pretty, that they are a major aphid magnet. I plant them with abandon.......I always want a lot of them around to use as garnish, to put the blossoms and the pretty peppery leaves in a salad, or in a sandwich.

The Meal from the Home Garden......

The beauty is that...you've grown it yourself.
Second best is....buying fresh food from the farmer...
Third best is ....buying fresh food from a trusted market...
Fourth best is.... buying an expensive meal made from fresh-grown food.....
and all other meals are perfunctory....
Hell is McDonalds and all their brethren.


The first zucchini.........

Sliced and sauteed with a small onion straight from the garden.....a little oil....a splash of red wine as it is almost done cooking......outside on the little bbq grill..........this is High Living !

Hey look ! it's an orange nasturtium blossom in my martini ..........
and a tiny tomato that I knocked off when watering... I took a bite of it...hey, it was pretty good!

Condiments....and good red wine....
I love Mezzetta pickled veggies....from the Napa Valley....
Yeah, I know.

yum !! There's a veggie burger in French bread....

Before you get zucchini....you get big yellow flowers.....some are boy flowers....some are girl flowers.........and you get  boy flowers first, and lots of them.
Often, a tiny zuke will start to grow.....and then one day when it's about 3 inches long ....it gives up because it doesn't grow and it rots....because it didn't get fertilized by bees with boy pollen. Sound familiar?

Get busy you bees !!
Hey look it was a Sunny day and the lady took yer picture.....

The next day we picked this many peas....and Mark shelled them all......some we ate the next night for dinner.........and some we froze to eat another day.

A couple of days later, the sun was hiding so we ate inside....Another zuke and a few small onions from the garden.....and frying inside on the stove...........not quite as good as eating outside.......but hey, I'll take it !

frying.....

this time, a cool white wine....a plate of spaghetti....and those delicious zukes.....

yes, so when this happens in the garden at the beginning of the season....don't fret. In another week there will be some girly zukes and then the boy zukes will  do their thing.  and they'll grown big like....baseball bats.......