The garden has been in since May 15.  I have been happily digging in the dirt since mid-April.  I just didn’t care about snow, wind, sleet and gloom of night any more.  The 4-H plant sale was the weekend after Mother’s Day and I planted and planted and planted.  My eyes were so much bigger than my space when I ordered that there are now growing things in every available corner of my little world.  In the garden spot I have 3 Big Boy tomatoes, 3 cherry tomatoes and three Roma tomatoes.  Yes there will be many tomatoes.  3 egglants sit merrily behind the tomatoes along with marigolds, basil, oregano, thyme, chives and parsley.  Meanwhile int he second bed, added this spring, there are 3 zucchini, a row of swiss chard, a row of green beans, cilantro and zinnias.  Next to that by a large stump, upon which I have placed the dish of a bird bath, there are glorious little sunflowers and some really cranky giant sunflowers who require constant soothing talk. And there is nothing to do now but pull the occassional weed and wait for the harvest. 

Meanwhile, summer reading has started and I am in full crazy mode.  We signed up 63 kids yesterday which doesn’t sound like much until you remember that our entire pre-k – 5 population is 350, and most of these children live in the village and if my math is correct (which it probably isn’t) that’s like 5% of our elementary population.  I’ll take it.  Visits from the companion dogs and hot dog lunch and afternoon crafts fill day 2. 

I spend the summer feeling like the White Rabbit….rush, rush, rush, oh dear, oh my.

And so it goes.