Of seeds, dunes, and mother's day...

The last several days have been pretty busy. I've had a cold that seems to FINALLY be breaking up. It's the strangest thing - it really bugs me in the morning and at night - but during the day I feel relatively fine. On Thursday, Ira and I got our seedlings in the ground finally. (I was SO sick of having them outside in their little tiny cups. They'd get flooded by the rain, tipped over by the wind, etc. etc. It was driving me nuts and it's really a wonder that they're still alive!!)

First, I rototilled the garden one last time:

Then I planted okra seeds, 9 tomato plants, 9 roma tomato plants, 5 green pepper plants, and 6 jalapeno plants. I also put in two hills of cucumbers and 3 hills of cantaloupe. I still need to plant: green bean seeds (need to soak - I'm going to go do that right now actually!), 3 hills of watermelon, 3 hills of zuchinni, and a row of sweet corn. The only thing we're having problems with right now is the stinkin sugar snap peas. We planted them once and nothing came up. I planted them a second time and as of yesterday only 2 of probably 18 seeds had come up. Any ideas?

Here's the plot with all the first group of stuff planted
(and a few sand toys for good measure):

We're trying our hands at lettuce/spinach for the first time. This is a spicy lettuce mix (Mesculun I think)

Here is the spinach. In the background you can see our delightful thrill: volunteer asparagus!! We've probably harvested 50 stalks to date! I let some of them go to seed so that they'll spread more.

In other news, we FINALLY made it to the dunes with our dune buggy!!!!!! (The one we drove to California and back to get- that's a whole 'nother blog)

Andy's folks joined us at the dunes for some fun! Andy and his dad, Bill are in front. Ira and I are in the back.

In case the picture doesn't convey the emotion clearly, Ira LOVED LOVED LOVED riding the dune buggy. This picture was taken at about 40 mph.

I hopped out of the buggy (well, maybe not hopped - that makes it sound like a quick process, which getting out of a 5 point harness, goggles, and a headset is not...) so that I could snap some action shots.

Riding a bowl

Don't hit me!!

The beauty of God's creation at the dunes.

We became friends with a couple of guys from eastern Texas on the trip. We traded them a AAA battery for a ride for Bill in Jeff's long travel buggy. It's got an LS1 Corvette Motor in it and some great shocks. Needless to say, Bill had a fast, smooth, fun ride!

Last pic of the night. The sun is setting, it's time to go home!

And yesterday was Mother's Day. I am so blessed to be a mommy!

And I just had to share this precious card that Ira made for me. What a sweetie!

Although we weren't home much this weekend, it was a GREAT weekend. I am so blessed!