The garden!

The garden!  I took the camera out to take a pic of the squash plant before it dies from the borers which are the bane of my existence.  [ETA: I find it ironic that one of the best organic pest treatments involves IV drugs BT.] I figured I may as well take some other pictures of the garden, which is gorgeous.

The squash plant

Teh butternut

The menardia really is magnificent.  Honestly, I was in favor of considerably thinning it, but Chris insisted, and I'm glad we kept it.  But we're definitely going to thin it a little before next year.

Menardia plus sunflower with magnolia on the side:

Menardia plus bellflowers plus hardy geraniums

...plus hydranga

The gourd plant is doing very well

Check out those tendrils!  So twisty!

Ta da!

Abnormally cute, even for Abby

Maxin' and relaxin'.

 When I took that first picture, I woke her up a bit.  Can you spot the difference in the second pic?