When our son was in the first grade, I read out to him something from the newspaper about a couple from the state of New York who had grown the largest pumpkin on record for that year. When I told him the weight and dimensions, he wondered how big would that make the pumpkin? We got some (very large) pieces of paper together and sketched the size upon it. Thinking that was the end of it, I kept reading my newspaper and then, started on housework. Noticing that Christopher was very quiet, I went to check on him.... he had gotten those pieces of paper that we had taped together of the huge pumpkin and had colored all of it in orange! Wow, that was so much work! I told him to take it to school on Monday and to show his teacher. He did so and she had him put it up in the hallway on a bulletin board. (It overlapped the bulletin board!) The class then wrote to the couple who had grown the pumpkin, and they wrote a very sweet letter back to the class!
There, that is my pumpkin story!
September photos for you....
Our cereus cactus bloomed! We have had this cactus since 1994! It is a night bloomer, so we have to really watch it, or we sometimes miss it!
We have roses AND a swimming pool in our backyard....
Okay, it is a swimming pool for birds but still, we get a lot of enjoyment watching our little feathered friends! Our yellow daisies are blooming in our backyard also and we do love them! (If you remember, I had them in pots and they have just re-seeded themselves and we have now enjoyed them for years,) They are natives, and belong to the sunflower family. (Helianthus porteri).
Here they are at Arabia Mountain! They are like this every year!
How are you y'all doing? Please let me know....
"I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends".
