the "fruits" of my labor

tomatoes are here at last!!!! after 6 weeks of rain followed by 6 weeks of more proper summer weather i am finally picking ripe tomatoes from my garden! hooray!!
i snapped a few pics this weekend of my babies....
3 hazel mae's & 1 roma giant brandywine on the vine roma plant the giant brandywine, 2 bicolor hazel mae's & another romawe ate some of the hazel mae's & roma's this past weekend in a salad & i'm happy to report they were delicious!
in other garden news.....remember when i told you i bought a 6-pack of cucumber plants on july 4th weekend? i wasn't sure i would get any fruit but lo' and behold......they're growing! not ready to pick yet but we should get a few before any frost comes! i've still got alot to learn about this whole gardening thing but i think grampie m would be proud!

where is puppies foster?

i dunno where we've been! dave's beeing working alot of late nights. puppy and i went over to the reservoir yesterday for a nice long walk. i started going back to the gym-strength training not running. i need a serious break from running for a while.
we were supposed to go away this weekend to celebrate our first anniversary but due to TS danny, and various other weather disturbances all colliding in new england at the same time tomorrow, we'll be stay home instead.
on tap for the weekend:

• i'm finally going to touch up the trim in the living and dining rooms where i made mistakes painting last winter
• paint a shelf i got to put up in the living room to display a beautiful homemade nantucket basket that we got as a wedding gift
• finally using a container store g.c. to get some items to reorganize the 'under the kitchen sink' area
• continue reading harry potter #5 (LOVE these books!)
• make lasagna with the batch of sauce dave's making tomorrow. ummm.....lasagna during a cold rainy day.....yum!

i guess that's about it! we'll see how much of that actually get done! foster is doing well, nothing new to report. he's still a very sweet & lovable brown bear. :)

have a nice weekend everyone!

one year

i remember this moment as if it were yesterday.....
happy anniversary my love!

party goodies

a few fun items to share from last sunday's BBQ.....
red, white & blueberry trifle (with fresh berries from indian head farm)caprese salad (with heirloom tomatoes from indian head farm)fresh cut flowers from our yardsimple summer pleasures!
have a great weekend everyone!!

malipalooza!

my good bud from work (mali) is going off to grad school. good for her. bad for foster. no more best friend baron!! :( my in-laws will likely be just as upset as they LOVE seeing pics of baron.
in honor of her departure we had a BBQ here at the house on sunday with a bunch of AZ folks...and a few puppies. my friend vicki took some awesome pics, which is great because i was way too busy being hostess to take any myself!
it was blazing hot last sunday and the pups mixed playing with panting & relaxing.
best budskayla the visla!glamour shotsthanks for the pics vicks!
and good luck at school mali! we'll miss you!!

fern the puppy!

my good friend's sarah & josh just got a new puppy of their own! we met her at their BBQ this past weekend. her name's fern and she's a 10 week old black lab mix. they adopted her from a shelter and she is too adorable for words! she was a bit scared of the big brown bears but who can blame her? she is a sweet little cuddle monkey. can't wait to see her again soon!

two brown labs

this past weekend foster & i went to a BBQ at my friends sarah & josh's new house. it was so much fun for humans & puppies alike! foster got to meet duncan, an english chocolate lab who's only about 3 months older! duncan's parents brought his doggie pool over and he & foster proceeded to have a blast splashing around together in it for most of the afternoon!
hey man, that's my pool!c'mon we can both fit!duncan would flop around like an otter! foster was intrigued...occasionally there would be sharing...both boys had quite alot of fun together! more to come on another new puppy friend from sarah's party tomorrow!!