Life Is A Bowl Of Cherries......

Usually, life is a bowl of cherries.   Most of the time in fact.

But then, sometimes, it is.........

THE PITS!!!
That rotten cold took a turn for the worse on Saturday.  My head began to hurt and my ears were filled with fluid.  I was dizzy and feeling pretty rotten!  I don't think I slept a wink on Saturday night.  My ears ears hurt so much, I could not sleep.  I knew I needed to get to the Dr.  After a very long night, Greg took me to Urgent Care first thing on Sunday morning.    Luckily they got me in and out pretty quickly, and within a couple of hours I was back home in bed.   Double ear infections and sinus infection.  Ugh.   Poor Greg, some Father's Day!   He took good care of me, and then in the afternoon, they all went to Gennifer and Jake's house for dinner.  We were supposed to BBQ here, but that wasn't going to happen.  So for the first time ever, I think, I missed one my family's functions.   I stayed in bed all day, sleeping some, and watching a Criminal Minds marathon on A&E.  
Eri took a personal day today so that I can rest.  The grandkids all started Bible School today.  It will run for two weeks.  They were looking forward to that!
Erika got me these pretty flowers.

And Noah drew me a nice picture.

That definitely made me feel better!!!
The following photos were taken in the course of the last few days.  My garden continues to produce lots of goodies.  So far, lots of squash and zucchini.  Lots of snap peas.  Cherry tomatoes, and the tomatoes on one plant are ripening.

I am going to have some gigantic tomatoes this year!!!

Lots and lots of herbs.  The sage is wonderful!  Basil, parsley, thyme, all so good.

The cantaloupe are forming, and I will be having quite a lot.  The cucumbers were doing great, and then the other day, I noticed a bug on the leaves, and most of the leaves had really shriveled up.  So I harvested them, and will replant.

I will soon be harvesting green beans.

I have a nice variety of lettuces.  Spinach, butter bib, romaine, arugula.

Do you get this dirty when you garden?  I simply cannot go out there without pulling a few weeds, and climbing back into the boxes to assist a wayward vine or inspect for bugs.   I almost always wind up looking like this.

I am already planning my garden out for next year.  I want to double it in size,  and plant some heirloom seeds so that I can harvest my own seeds for the following year.
I have finally gotten the chicken  run secured, and when they are let from the coop to the run, I have no more escapees.   I allow them to free range every day, but I like to wait until they have all laid before opening the big gate!  And, there are times, when we need to keep them secured if we are doing work in the grove, or have to spray the stubborn weeds.  In which case, I don't let them range for a couple of weeks.  So this more than triples their coop space, and they can scratch and roam, even dust bathe, before being let out to free range.

It isn't beautiful.  But it works.  And it is tucked away into the grove, underneath a large canopy of trees.  It is hardly even visible at all.
I walked all the way around taking photos.

This is the back.

I guess I can take off the tan tarp now.  I put that out there as an additional protection in the winter from rain and wind.

I was standing up in the big avocado tree to take the above and below photos.

While up there, I noticed that we need to get the rest of the avocados picked.  There are hundreds just in these two trees.

A girlfriend gave me this rose tree last year for my birthday.  It has been blooming so pretty!!  I love it, and am enjoying seeing it right off my patio.

Well, I think it is time for my nap.  Hoping to be much more myself in a day or two.
Ta Ta for now.
XO  Kris