Gardening

Oh boy, it has sure gotten to be "Summer" in Texas!!  We try to get outside early in the morning, right after daylight, to get any of our outdoor chores done before it gets too hot.  Tom's gardening efforts are paying off!  We are filling our freezer, also sharing our vegetable bounty with friends.

                                          This was this morning's processing of tomatoes and squash for the freezer.  Just because the "easy button" got into the photo, does not mean processing vegetables is easy!

                                This is one wild looking tomato!!!  Looks like three or four tomatoes all grew together to make one very large one!

My "walking buddy", Mary Ann, has been gone for almost two weeks, vacationing in New Jersey and New York, visiting family.  I have not done too good about staying motivated and walking on my own.  So this morning I was so happy that Tom went with me and we walked down thru the creek bottom, past all the neighbors with barking dogs, and all the way out to Hwy. 19, then turned around and walked back for a total of 4.6 miles.  It is so nice to have a "buddy" to walk with!!

Just before we crossed over back into Texas last week, from our kayaking/OKC Memorial trip, we passed thru the Arbuckle Mountains (the closest "mountains" to where we live), and stopped at a nice view with a monument to the birthplace of The Reflection Seismic Technique of Oil Exploration.  Maybe you are able to read the inscription on the monument from our photo.  (Pretty sad to see graffiti on this nice monument!!)