Update: in 5 photos.

We are literally going to have 100s of peppers.
I counted the largest ones and came up with 80.
That's not including the blooms & mini-peps.

Shawn and I measured the longest vine...  15' long!

One of the many pumpkins on the biiig vine.

I still can't believe I grew these things from a seed.

The last of the lilies to bloom.

Star Spangled Greetings

Happy Independence Day!

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Random flowers

These lilies are HUGE and smell phenomenal.

Bee nice to the helenium, sir!

This bright pink dianthus just sprung up out of nowhere.
I wish more flowers would plant themselves.

Let the harvest begin!

Where to begin?  June came and went, we took a vacation, summer is here, and my crazy lady bathtub veggie growing is starting to pay off.  It was really startling seeing the garden after being away for over a week.  We actually harvested two cucumbers immediately upon our return, and two more the next day.  It's amazing to me that I started everything (with the exception of the two purple cabbages) from a seed - in the bathtub!

Roxxy likes to help weed the garden :-)

Yep, still the same three little plants.
Audrey III is in the middle -  now the smallest plant of the 3.

The pepper field - full of blooms and mini-peps!

Did I mention the tomatoes are nearly as tall as me?

The cucumbers were just the beginning...  Lettuce, radishes, green beans, onions, and peppers have all been harvested and we are ready for more!  It was a bit disappointing to learn that the purple beans turn green when cooked, but they were still delicious.  If the white pepper looks tiny, it is.  I "accidentally" pulled it off the plant while investigating it.  What can I say except it was tasty.  

OBX 2011

Shawn & I enjoyed a lovely vacation (along with my mom & her fiance) in Duck, NC from the 12-19 of this month.  We stayed in Garner - Scottyville, USA for those Idol fans - for the weekend with my BFF and her family before heading off to the Outer Banks.  Lots of fun there, but upon our arrival in the OBX...

- I received a $132 ticket for not wearing my seatbelt.  My own fault but still what a way to start vacation.

- The water pump went out in my car.  Thankfully, Shawn is a handy guy and repaired it.

- The Atlantic Ocean fried my digital camera.  On the up side, I do still have my waterproof one.

Nonetheless, it was a great week.  We saw numerous lighthouses, the Wright Brothers memorial, Jockey's Ridge, and of course bummed around on the beach.  Biggest surprise: out of the 4 of us I did NOT get sunburned!

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