Still Growing...

Despite the intense heat and humidity...(or maybe because of it) things are still growing!

I took a peek at my lima beans, and found a bunch of pods just beginning to fill out, and lots more blossoms...

This Juliette tomato plant doesn't seem to know where to stop!  It has grown up through it's cage on the left and across the top of the next one.  And yes...that is a lot of grass and weeds that you see all around.  I wouldn't normally show you these, as I'm not exactly proud of them...but the heat and humidity has taken it's toll.  I'm just not going out there to pull weeds in this weather...

Peanut's kitties are growing in leaps and bounds.  Poochie and Gato are spoiled rotten. Gato looks just like his grandma, Slinky, except for the black spot on his paw...

That corn stalk...and all the others around it...have reached their full height, tasseled, and are growing big ears.  In about another month, +- a few weeks, they will be chopped for silage...

These volunteer beanstalks sunflowers that I replanted are way over my head.  I wouldn't be surprised if they're 12 feet high.  I don't think I've ever seen them grow this tall...

The zucchini are doing their thing...

And last but not least...and much to our dismay...the holes in the yard are growing too!  The dogs (although they have numerous cool spots to lay, like in front of the fans in the barn, and on the cool, shaded cement floor above the cistern) dig up the grass and make holes to lay in when it's hot.  We'll be needing to fill in with topsoil in numerous places this fall...

On another note...I recently received this cute project bag in the mail...

I never win anything was lucky enough to win this bag in a drawing from Holly, at Easing Living the Hard Way.  She has an etsy shop called The Calico Bush...it's worth popping over and taking a look!  She's a wonderful seamstress, and on her blog you'll learn about life on her farm in Northeastern Wyoming.

And one more thing...much more important than how things are growing here...would you please pray for my friend Glenda and her family?!  She and her family were vacationing and visiting family on the Oregon coast this past week.  Yesterday morning as she rode her bike to the beach, she had an accident which left her in a coma with a severe head injury. Until the swelling in her brain reaches acceptable levels, it's unknown the extent of her brain injury.  Your prayers for her, for her family, and for her caregivers would be appreciated!

Thank you!