All my children

At this stage in life my "offspring" are leafy and green, but I do worry about them and at night, right before I go to sleep, I fantasize about how beautiful they are.*

From Garden June 2007

My garden is starting to produce mightily, especially lettuce, cucumbers and basil. I got about 10 cups of spinach off of it before the heat awoke its spinachy urges to reproduce. Now it's all seeds and miniaturized leaves.

More pictures of my babies are available by clicking "Garden June 2007."

From Garden June 2007

*On the other hand, I wasn't distraught when one of the potato plants got verticillium wilt and keeled over, so perhaps my instincts are more predatory than maternal.