Quote of the Day

"A happy life is just a string of happy moments.But most people don't allow the happy moment,because they're so busy trying to get a happy life."– Abraham-Hicks

A Summer Afternoon

This has nothing to do with green living per se...yet it kinda does.

It's Friday afternoon, and as I am somewhat caught up on chores and various other activities, I am going to spend the afternoon reading a perennial summer favorite, Carney's House Party by Maude Hart Lovelace.

Lovelace's Betsy-Tacy series is based on her own experiences growing up in a small town in Minnesota at the turn of the last century.

They were my favorite books in childhood, and still remain so.

Carney's House Party is set during the month of July, so it just seems appropriate!

If I hadn't gone into the office so much this week, I would not appreciate this stolen afternoon so much. Contrast is a wonderful tool.

It's Amazing...

Nature is so Fascinating!

I have two tomato plants so of course I have the dreaded tomato hornworms. I have picked off three so far this season.

Those guys can strip a tomato plan in no time flat!

My Tennessee tomatoes are faring much better than the plants I had in Mississippi.

When I was living in Mississippi, commuting 2 hours a day, and working fulltime, my tomatoes would be totally stripped of foliage by the time I got home from work. I never did get a good harvest.

Now I am home more often (although less these past 10 days because of starting real estate training at Keller Williams), so I can keep an eye on them.

I was curious about where tomato hornworms came from (ugly buggers! and they are the same color as the tomato plant so they're hard to spot).

They are actually catepillars of a six-winged hawk moth! Who Knew? I sure didn't and neither did my mother, who probably picked zillions of hornworms off tomato plants during her childhood on the farm.

One of the three I picked off this season had weird white things sticking out of it...they made it a lot easier to see. I was curious about that, too, and learned from the internet that the white things are the eggs of a type of wasp that kill the hornworms!

Even though I'm at home more, I am glad to have some help getting rid of the hornworms!

Thank you, wasps!