Red Rainbow from last weekend’s storm

The storm that spawned this red rainbow also spawned grape-sized hail near Busby Alberta. Watching the clouds roll over our house was fascinating yet somewhat alarming since they were some pretty nasty clouds! It’s tornado season here, so whenever the storm warnings pop onto my cell phone, I have a look at the radar if I’m near a pc with internet, and then take a look at the skies. Since I got my new camera, I try to keep it handy for neat weather events etc.

Here we have some more dog pictures – The dogs are inseparable!
Looking out the window at Darren
Lying down exhausted among boxes being unpacked, after an afternoon of wrestling and chasing each other. Notice Lexie is hugging Hera!

Here we have my plants on the back deck, some still in the beer cups they were transplanted to as seedlings. I really have to get those in the ground!

The first ground cherries produced this year. They tasted really good!
ground cherries
blue mini peppers
blue mini peppers. there are 3 plants in this large pot.
One of my new grape vines is producing grapes!
Ground cherries, 3 in a 3 foot container beginning to produce alot.
from back left to front right: Zucchini, Peppermint, Lemon Balm, Parsley, Ground Cherries in plastic Costco beer cups, a cucumber and several tomatoes mixed in the front.
the Zucchini plant. It’s an F1 endurance variety
The first fruit on the F1 Endurance Zucchini plant. We already picked it and it was great!
Borage! Cape Gooseberry on the left, and I can’t remember what other herbs are with it. I’ll have to look at their tags.
The marigolds are thriving, and the other flowers not so much. they keep wilting on me.
mmm lettuce
tomato pot #1
Tomato pot #2
Basil, misc other herbs and some mixed cuke seedlings

Here we have some final pictures from the old place as we were moving out. Good riddance to small spaces!

Small space I had for a front yard at old place. not much room or sun for plants.
Lexie’s half of the old yard. Notice how the grass got worn away despite our best efforts to get it reseeded. There is actually alot more grass there now than at the beginning of the season. The soil is pretty rock hard and compacted in that spot.