I feel I still have a good many weeks left in this cycle for zucchini and squash, so I'll let them keep keeping on!
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| My live oak tree which will be beautiful in a couple decades.... |
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| The zucchini have been by far the best growing crop this season. The leaves really are huge! |
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| My watermelon patch has not produced as I had hoped since planting but it's because the farmer, me, hadn't been watering it enough. That has changed with my continual use of the soaker hose on a regular daily basis each morning and we've been getting more more rain in July than we ever did in May or June. |
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| So my one lone watermelon was past ripe, that's ok. I've got time on my hands for the next ones to turn out great. |
The one other crop I'm looking forward to will be the sweet potatoes. I checked on them Wednesday and it was about medium size, and I'd like them to grow a good bit more before harvest. It's funny having a crop you can't see to tell if it's right for picking. The wait is worth it though.
Additionally, it's been a busy few weeks and some big answers to prayers have been received. My chronic pain is almost completely solved and without the use of any pain medication. In fact, I take no medicine during the day at all. Sleeping is still an issue but we have dropped my dosages dramatically, which I'm very happy about. The radiofrequency ablation (cauterizing of the nerves) in my back seems to have taken away all the pain signals and I've been more active lately. I gotta slow it down though, when possible, but I'm happy to be back to the new normal. The phrase "strike while the iron is hot" has really been my slogan lately also because I want to get as healthy as I can while I can do it with minimal pain. Really isn't like I wake up and think "oh, I'm cured"... but again, it's just a new normal. Which really means that God has blessed me beyond words. I have a blog topic I'll try to fit in sometime soon along those lines.
Two weeks ago my cousins were all down at the beach house for a big family week and it was exciting to be around them and their children. Knowing the next generation is learning the beach like we did is so special and really makes my heart smile. I took lots of pictures but don't feel a post would be warranted.
Really, I just kept wishing dad would have been there walking down the yard to the pier with a watermelon. His favorite thing was watermelon on a hot day. It's quite possibly one of the only things he really truly and deeply was selfish about. -but selfish in that good way that he'd always want to share also. :-)
It's also been two months living without my father and now that I am not in chronic pain I think about him more and more. You can probably tell from that last paragraph. What's added to that is I've lost the 3 heroes of my life all within a year and it's been pretty tough lately. -thinking how I'd just love to hear their voice. What I'd give to talk with them about the past and all the millions of memories that they would recount as if it were yesterday. I wish I'd recorded our conversations so I could pass to my kids, if it's in God's Time.
If you have anyone in your life that means a lot to you, don't take their (or your) days for granted.
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
