I have taken very few pictures over the last week, since a certain
someone ran in front of me suddenly and broke my toe when my
flip-flopped foot collided with the back of her shoe. I have lasted
this long without having any broken bones, so a broken pinky toe isn't
too bad, I suppose. However, it has kept me off my feet for as much as I
can stand being off my feet.
The upside to all this forced sitting?
I'm caught up with all my mending. My house is a wreck, of course, but at least I'm caught up with something.
Sigh...
This week's You Capture theme is sunshine.
Naturally, I thought of my little Miss Sunshine, sitting in the sunshine looking all beautiful
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL7_SIBzWtJyjjYqZtG_h4RKgudNO3KCF0lL4lvDBuy62eXqTMrAlZTVgEOMyrFbcJ5w9NPcVeQwz9uWXLf_6r-UEsJo3W41iZT4w5UzXoRQhl6G1tRpDpxPfXvtsHeWkJVxlXAuV_9uZB/s400/101_2856+Grace+in+the+sunshine.jpg) |
Grace (6 years old) |
with her sweet, sunny personality.
She's always ready to be goofy, too. :)
The sunshine has been doing its work outside in my little garden box. This is what the zucchini and salad looked like on Thursday of last week:
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Zucchini beginning to grow |
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Salad beginning to grow |
Now, on Monday,
everything has sprouted! (Click on the photo to enlarge.)
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Can you tell I had input from the kids on what to grow? However, they had absolutely no say in how much salad I planted. |
I have some thinning to do, of course. I planted extra of...well...
everything because I was planting several seeds that were a few years old and I didn't know if they would even sprout. Some are doing better than others, like this plot of zucchini, which is the same one pictured above and now has three seedlings:
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The same zucchini plot |
The other plot of zucchini isn't growing as much so far, but there's another brand new sprout poking its little green head through the soil so it's not through yet.
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Zucchini |
I have high hopes that this year we will actually grow more than herbs and one lone zucchini that we can eat. :)
Photos are SOOC except for cropping and text added...of course. :)
This post is linked to I Should be Folding Laundry (You Capture).