How Does Your Garden Grow?

Zucchini bread, zucchini chips, sauteed zucchini, grilled zucchini, Zoodles (which do not even come close to pasta), fried zucchini...

Tiny tomatoes

The clematis has passed but I like the remants

Somebunny or chippie only took ONE bite of the mini eggplant.

Somebunny tore the plant right out of the pot

With the tropical weather we have been having, we now have a rain forest.

Himself says Erich is holding Moss Roses. I think they look like Cosmos

The petunias are enjoying the heat

And the morning glory bloomed out of a pot.

How does your garden grow?

The Friday Five Good Things, A Day Late

 Five good things that happened this week.

1. Another play day with Teague

2. My cousin and I made tentative plans for our annual lunch sometime in August

3. Himself and I ran errands and stopped for lunch at a new to us place, The 110 Grill

4. A friend sent me a postcard from Germany

5. An Amazon order arrived earlier than expected

How was your week?

Second of the July Birthdays

 

Another where has the time gone? Today, is the Young One's birthday. Party 'til you drop, DB, and I hope you have an amazing year.

It's All Happening at the Zoo

Looking for something to do close by while the Eldest was still home, we decided to visit Southwick Zoo. The zoo is spread out over 200 acres and has over 850 animals. 

We have never been to the zoo as a family. When the girlies were little there was a Kindergarten field trip to the zoo. When the Young One was 8 years old, one of her school friends had a birthday party at the zoo.

Of course we picked one of the hottest and humid days to visit. We arrived close to lunch time. Most of the animals weren't active either due to just having been fed or it was too hot and humid to do much

This white rhinoceros was playing with the log and moving it back and forth.

You could have a ride on the dromedary.

Cat nap

Tyger, tyger, burning bright

Leona having a nap

A very handsome Pumba

The snow leopard was chilling on a ledge by the stone wall

The gibbon had a baby. He's clinging to her upside down while she reaches into the snack bucket.

Are you looking at me?

Diving for snacks

Whatcha Doin?

 

What to do today? Clean the bathroom? Work on a new project? Contact a client? But first, tea. 

Whatcha doin?

T Stands for 10th Anniversary T Day Reveal

Today, we're celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of Tea Day by revealing what we received/sent for the T Day swap. As is my custom when participating in an exchange, I send an exchange to the host.

The requirement for the envelope was that it had to use stamps and not metered mail. For the stamps, I used the Global African Daisy, the Celebration stamp, and a Bugs Bunny stamp issued in 2020 and celebrating Bugs' 80th birthday. If you look closely at the bottom, right side of the stamp, you will see a bottle which I assume is carrot juice and one of the drink references for today.

As a requirement for the T Day post, Elizabeth asked us to include a 10 somewhere in the post. On the envelopes that I sent Elizabeth and my partner, Patty, I wrote "Ten" on the rubber stamped tea pot.

 Bleubeard and Squiggle's names were written on two of the rubber stamped teacups. Everything was colored in with colored pencils. I also used a gold and white Gelly Roll pen.

The exchange I signed up for was to send a postcard and two teabags. So, did I remember to take a picture of what I sent to Elizabeth and Patty? Nope. I made an envelope booklet which measured 3 in. x 3 in. It would look similar to this.

Elizabeth's booklet was pink, tied with variegated crochet yarn with a rocking horse charm attached. Patty's booklet was orange fastened with a scrap of orange ribbon and a flower charm. The colors were chosen as the first papers out of the scrap box. 

Tucked in the pocket of the booklet was a Bigelow Blueberry and Acai teabag and a Bigelow I Love Lemon teabag. I included a note saying I like blending the teas together and serving iced. I also sent two, blue, polka dotted, cocktail napkins. (I think.)

Even though I made the booklets far in advance, I didn't send things off until the deadline loomed closer. I was worried I would miss the July 3rd deadline so mailed the postcard with a picture of the map of Massachusetts separately. I knew the postcard would arrive by the deadline. As it turned out, the post office delivered for me and both packages arrived in time.

My partner, Patty presented her swap wrapped in a pretty bee napkin held together with lovely, Washi tape which can be reused. Patty hand-made a gorgeous, collaged postcard. Before the swap, Patty and I exchanged email, and I told her my favorite tea blend is Early Grey so she sent me two Numi Organic Earl Grey. 

Patty no longer has a blog, but if you're on Instagram you can view Patty's beautiful work.

Thank you, Elizabeth for hosting a fun swap and congratulations on ten years of T Days.

Drop by hosts, Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog to find out what the rest of the T Stands For gang is up to. If you want to play, include in your Tuesday post a beverage or container for a beverage. Don't forget to link your blog to Bleubeard and Elizabeth's page.

Chiaozza

The Eldest and I visited the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill. There was a sculpture exhibit called Chiaozza which rhymes with Wowza or Yowza. It's a collaboration between two artists, Terri Chiao and Adam Frezzo.  Hopefully you can embiggen the above photo to read all these playful creations.

Some of the sculptures were indoors and

some were in the wild