Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Highlights of our Summer at Camp Tahquitz

Kaylene at the top of COPE

Cutie pie Mira being silly.

Mira playing in the dirt with one of the Staff members. This was almost a daily occurance.

Larry in his uniform. Isn't he handsome?!

Mira suited up the go up the climbing tower. She made it to the top with help from Daddy.

Mira's first time bowling (Big Bear).

Don't forget the cute bowling shoes.

Larry holding Mira who is holding a dog on her shoulders.

Upper Meadow. One evening Larry and I watched the bats feed on mosquitos here.

Holding a snake at the Nature Lodge.

More to come later.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The fruits of our labors

From Snowflakes and Flowers


This summer we decided to put in a garden. We are just renting here but the owner said we could place a garden where there used to be one before. Well, we used the elders as brute labor to help pull out the grass (crab grass is the worst). And then there was the tilling and planting. After all of that, the end result is what you see above. Wheww! Larry didn't have much time and so I (Kaylene) had to do most of the work despite the fact that I was a few months prego.

From Snowflakes and Flowers


After a few months of watering and weeding (yet we didn't do much weeding) we had:

From Snowflakes and Flowers


Tomatoes, zucchini, squash (acorn, butternut, spaghetti), and bell peppers (at least the plants of the bell peppers).

From Snowflakes and Flowers


From just one day of harvest this was the result. What beautiful color and flavor.

I loved the part that when everyone was upset for the price of tomatoes, I had plenty here at home to do what I pleased and more to spare. I sure does pay to plant a garden. I also had the opportunity to figure out the many ways to eat a zucchini.