Project meltdown

Quite a few things have happened this week that have left my head spinning. The most important was the news that our youngest nephew, Andrew, has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and had to stay in the hospital for a few days. Andrew is a happy, active, and loving little boy and from what his Mother has said, he is over the initial shock and doing well. I think it was an exhausting and scary time for the family and now they are just glad to be home and will take each day as it comes when dealing with new diets, injections, etc. We hope to make the trip up to Canton soon to see everyone.

We also have realized that our two Summer projects have just gotten away from us. This is due to a lot of apathy on our part combined with the hot, hot days. The deck looks sad and depressing with its peeling paint, but there is hope on the horizon as the temperature comes down into the 80's and affords us the opportunity to spend a few hours on sanding and painting. The veg garden is also a nightmare as the zucchini is taking over everything, but only producing a few mammoth offerings that I learned do not taste good at all. The broccoli never bunched, but instead bolted and attracted every flying insect in the county. I have been able to gather cucumbers and tomatoes from time to time, so it has not been a total loss. I may chalk this up to experience and try to grow some plants to attrack more butterflies next year. I have not seen too many of them around, but our hummingbird keeps coming back every day to drink from the honeysuckle on the deck.

I leave you now with one of my favorite pictures from a triathlon. Just look at how happy he is coming out of the water. If only his Poppy could be that excited.