Argyle!

Dinner with the family: Chili Verde stew, tortillas, straight-from-the-garden salad, guacamole, orange slice, freshly made salsa, and chips. Yum!

And what is this strange creature lucking on a post in the green house?

It's our guardian gargoyle! David won the naming contest.

Meet (drum roll please) Argyle the Gargoyle! He's in temporary residence inside the green house. Soon he'll be moving to the outside by the door to keep any peskies away.

Happy Mabon!

Sidewards view of Monday's garden harvest: carrots, cauliflower, beans, lettuce, chives, rhubarb, celery, lemon cukes, lots of little tomatoes, berries, and eggs. 4 eggs/3 chickens, go figure? We figured a harvest picture was perfect for Mabon, the autumnal equinox when day and night are equal. Mabon is the second of the Celtic harvest festivals. We celebrated with lamb shepard's pie, a tomato salad, and harvest pie (mixed berry with apples and rhubarb). Delish.

Alexander's outstanding salsa. Our favorite way to use extra peppers, tomatoes, and cilantro.

When good kids go boring! Thanks Nintendo!

Moving day in the garden.Today, we moved some of our warm weather plants into the new green house. In went the orange tree, eggplant, a cherry tomato, a jalapeno, a lemon cuke, a squash, all the basil plants. We also set a big pan of tomatoes to ripen in the windows.

As promised awhile ago, a view of the new and improved shower. We still have some minor touch-ups and painting to do.

Enchiladas on September 16th. Happy Independence Day Mexico!

Side dishes for the enchiladas: a huge garden salad complete with flowers and cherry tomatoes and a citrus berry fruit platter. Yum!

What's this smiling girl pointing to?

Last Wednesday's farm box: avocados, lobster mushrooms, onions, pears, oranges, limes, nectarines, potatoes, broccoli, spinach, lettuce, apples, and more mushrooms. We used the lobster mushrooms in a mushroom spaghetti carbonara. Awesome!

Guess Who Went to the Zoo?

The Bald Eagle isn't squawking.

The bears are too busy to care.

Hmm, but maybe...

Nope. Just looking for a new spot.

The python has his eye on the situation.

And the rattler couldn't give a shake.

The axolotl thinks something's silly down in its gilly.

And Anni says the world will just have to keep turning with the mystery.

Eek! Trickle! Thud! Thump, thump, THUMP!

Eek, something's wrong in the upstairs bathroom.

Trickle! Water is coming through the ceiling of the bathroom below, luckily it's over the tub.

Thud! David's reaction to the necessity of calling in an outside fixit person.

Thump, thump! The sound of the crew demolishing the bathroom wall, fixing the piping, fixing the wall, checking out the water heater, putting in a new fan and light, and retiling.

THUMP! David seeing the final cost of the repairs and new tiling.

We did this as a joint project with a highly recommended handyman. He was great. We did lots of running around for materials and the grouting on the tiles. He did all the stuff that took plumbing or electrical know how.

I can't wait to take the first shower! Pictures of the fix tomorrow!