Picture post!

First of all- I got my phone back. I was really worried because the battery was low, and the guy didn't call back that evening. I even called the phone just so I knew it hadn't gone dead. Then the guy called (at 7:30) the next morning, and we had our phone by noon! The first thing he said (after introducing himself) was "Don't leave your phone laying around, people will do things to it!" Sure enough! He found the gem just before he spotted my phone, so figured it was fate & glued it on. Then he added some leather around the antenna (because the dogs had chewed it). It's Pimp my Phone, I suppose. But it was very awesome of him to pick it up and get it back to me. So send good thoughts to Bruce!

Next up, we have Stitch & Lilo, before and after the haircuts which were the cause of the whole lost phone debacle. We love it when they are so fluffy and furry, but they probably appreciate having shorter hair in the summer, especially since they hate being brushed, and their hair tends to mat when it's so long.
So now they have quite short hair, but they are so soft!

Now, gardeny goodness! This is a shot of all 3 beds, and in the background you can see the hops on the garage. The green water walls hold peppers, eggplants & basil, the red ones are all tomatoes. The mini-bed holds tomatoes, a pepper, a zucchini, and 2 hills of pumpkins, which I just planted. The big bed adjacent to it is mostly still small sprouts and salad greens as well as zucchinis, and peas & tomatoes on either end, carrots interspersed w/ the tomatoes. The big bed further on still needs to be pulled, bolting celery, onions & parsley from last year. It also has a lot of salad-type sprouts, broccoli, some baby cucumbers, and just-planted beans & spinach & beets. I also planted some potatoes today in trash bags, we'll see how they do. Dinner last night was a salad made of garden lettuce & arugula & strawberries (and non-garden pecans, blue cheese, & vinagrette), yum!

And last, and certainly least, we have my latest craft project- The "It's 11pm and I Suck at Sewing, So Let's Make a Skirt" Skirt! I patterned this after another drawstring skirt I have that fits very well (on the loose side) but I must not have allowed enough for the seaming, because the end result is fairly tight. Unfortunately, I also forgot the "wash the material before you use it" rule, and it is flannel, so likely to shrink even more. Perhaps this should be my inspiration to get back in shape- exercise every day until the skirt fits better!