Sunflowers

I've still been enjoying our yard this summer but not doing very much in it.  Escondido summers are hot!  I want to conserve water and the heat makes me a little lazy!  

I'm working on collecting seeds from the Mammoth Sunflowers we had growing in our backyard.  I plan on replanting them and growing a lot more sunflowers.  They were so beautiful!  

This cup is from just one sunflower!

I'm thinking in the morning there might not

be a lot of seeds left from the other sunflowers!

I made it easy for the neighborhood birds to have a feast!

Idea

I stopped by an antique shop that I found a couple of weeks ago.

I wanted to get something for Oliver for Christmas.  

The thing I wanted for him was already gone, but I found another

one that he will grow into...

But I learned that you have to act fast at the antique shop

if you have an idea and you like something.  So, I grabbed this

podium!  Its going to go somewhere in our future

rock garden.  We'll name it something, I'm not

sure what, but I was thinking we could repaint it

and use it for reading poetry or story telling.

I just really liked it.  

Collection

My collection from this morning.  

Sunflowers

Yesterday's view from my daycare door.

This morning.

Weepy.

Progress

Zucchini progress.  I think I'm going to harvest it soon

and make yummy muffins with it.  Yum.

Sunflowers

They are pretty amazing!

This one reminds me of a big shower head.

I couldn't resist taking a sunflower petal shower.

Laughing in my garden...maybe losing it a little.

Oh well.  Thats what gardens are for! 

Happy Sunny Day!  

Painted Tree

I love our painted tree.  I love Morning Glory!