Our Summer Garden

Our Garden is starting to look pretty good. We purchased two small plots from the John Day Community Garden: A Plot of Gold, for a very minimal price.

This photo shows that I've tried to squeeze a lot of produce into one small 5x10 plot. I've planted two bell pepper (green & purple) plants, a tomato plant, radishes, cilantro, Lettuce (red leaf & romaine), and am still waiting to see if my spinach will sprout.


This plot, also a 5x10, has carrots, kalyrabi, leeks, onions (red and candy, brocollii, cabbage, speghetti squash and cucumber. I've really never gardened before, so this summer is my garden experiment. I'm keeping a journal, so hopefully in the future I'll have more knowledge on what does or doesn't work here in John Day's short, hot growing season.


Hannah is a big helper, today she's watering the garden with me. However, usually she's just eating the dirt.

Pigtails or Devil Horns

You be the judge...

Today I attempted and succeeded at getting the front of Hannah's hair into pigtails. She was very cooperative, only because she didn't know what I was doing. Once I showed herself in the mirror, I think she was wondering what Mom had done to her. Her hair is getting so long and in her face. We are trying to grow it out one length, so a major cut isn't an option, as of now.

I think she pulls the look off perfectly.

Walking Debut

Well, it is official, Hannah has decided to start walking. It has taken her a long time to come this far, as her first steps were at the end of April, and now it is mid June. None the less, she had the ability since that April day, but for some unknown reason to us, or the rest of the world, she decided to hold off until now. Either way, we are ecstatic for her new found freedom. Now we all venture forth into walking toddler land. The video isn't great but you get the idea. She knows she's got it, and just wants to show off.

At the Park Video Footage

In Robbie's last post, he mentioned some video footage of Hannah I had taken. Well, the footage I took was vertical, I must of thought I was taking pictures, who knows. Anyway, I took Hannah back to the park and she was a willing participant in a another take of her going up and down the slide. The footage is in two parts, as I don't currently have the software to combine the videos into one.

Enjoy!