I had great intentions of blogging about any number of items today, but as I sit down to my computer tonight, I’m just too tired. I feel like there’s good reason though, so instead of foregoing a post altogether, I thought I’d share some photos from a day’s work. We were very busy in the yard today moving these:

now i can pretend we live in ireland, or england, or somewhere where we'd have dreamy rock piles and walls and such

from a large pile on our driveway that was remnant from our re-grading project earlier this summer. Remnant makes this pile sound small. There was not, however, anything small about it. We are very happy to have disbursed it throughout the yard, side yard, garden and landscaped spaces around the house.

Today was also busy because we transplanted these:

from seeds grown in the kitchen to five, full-blown tomato plants. delightful.

and these:

more seeds, turned into five, aromatic basil plants, plus peppers and garlic chives

and finished making this:

raised bed garden, with rocks to prevent runoff into the now-compost, someday-more garden, area.

This feels amazing, because to me, there is absolutely no better addition to the backyard than homegrown veggies and herbs–and because we built the raised bed garden a few weeks ago and it’s been sitting lonely in the yard until today. This photo shows the project mostly-done, but is not the finished product (which now includes chicken wire and will soon include pretty blossoms to brighten up the outside corners and keep pesky rodents/bugs/etc. away).

I asked Kruger what he thought about all of the activity, and this is what he had to say:

kruger with his favorite wheelbarrow and gardening tools

Not much, actually. But he did try to eat my tomatoes and basil before I got them into the ground. Such is life when you own a rambunctious black lab, I suppose.

Oh, there was also a lot of weeding today. In spaces like this one:

the corner of our patio, + hammocks

and many others here and there. I wore a swimsuit top and shorts thinking I’d get some color while weeding and make the most of the time outdoors, but I didn’t exactly calculate the angle my back would be to the sun in the heat of the afternoon. Not only did I plant tomatoes today, but I think tomorrow, one half of me will look like a tomato, too. Still, a small price to pay for so much productivity outside, and I’ll be glad for the color in a few days when it tones down.

My goodness, I LOVE Summer! I hope this weekend has been as Summer-y for you thus far as it has for me!

And now, an early bedtime for this tired girl, my green-ish thumb, and my slightly-too-sunny skin.

Sleep tight!

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