Fruits of our labor (with an assist from Ma Nature)

The sun has been doing it's magic on our tomato plants! We have had a couple of the early ones on salads this week (for quality control purposes, of course!) Just a little review for those who haven't been paying attention:

Early May

Add sun, rain and some Miracle Grow...


Early July

Lots more sun and an assist from the local water district and you get this:



And this



And some romas


And in a couple of days


Luckily squirrels and raccoons don't particularly care for tomatoes or they'd be long gone by now.
Next year we will be expanding the garden some. Some beans perhaps, some corn, a squash or two.
Sounds pretty good now, but we will see next spring when the time comes to start preparing the plot. When the work really starts...

The annual air show is at the local airport this weekend. The Blue Angles are in town, shaking the dust from everything as they go screaming by at low level. Spooked the dog the first couple of times but now he sleeps right through it. I don't know. Just something about something that powerful, that fast, that close. Makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck.

Next week Antique Roadshow is in town. Have to find something old to take to the appraisers. After that we are planning to take in the Titanic exhibit and IMAX film at Oregon Museun of Science and Industry (OMSI). I guess they give everyone a name of a passanger when they go in and at the end tell you if that person lived or died. Sounds interesting.

Gotta go to the store for some bacon. We're having BLT's for lunch, with fresh tomatoes! Care to join us?