Garden Update #....something and Sad Cat

Above is my first full grown vegetable! This zucchini grew like 5 inches in the last week. Last night I finally plucked it! Now, I just have to figure out what glorious dish to use it in!


No, I didn't take my zucchini to the Sears portrait center! But I did want to display it in all it's glory with nothing else to distract your eye. It is actually sitting on our grill (cover). I'm going to ignore any obvious jokes about what this zucchini resembles.


These are just one bunch of daisies my Aunt Beth gave me. They are so incredibly sunny and happy. The butterflies love them, and I love being able to see them through the blinds in our bedroom. My Aunt says they grow like wildfire, so I hope next year I have a whole row of them on that side of our house!


Lovely Zinnias! I remember having these planted at our 'yellow house' in C'land. I love the surprise of color when these open. They remind me of those cheesy dancing flowers from the 80's. They are so tall they bob and sway in the breeze.


Look at all my 'maters! These will be served with salt and pepper on the side of every meal shortly!


Herbs are doing pretty good. My cilantro got a little dry and yellow from thirst this weekend, but is doing better now. I have used all of my herbs for cooking except Thyme. I think the only recipe I typically use thyme for is my oven fried chicken. I'm open to other thyme recipes.


This is black and white cat, aka sad cat, aka skanky cat. This poor thing showed up at our house at the end of last week. It was so skinny, had only one eye, it's back legs didn't work well, and it could barely meow. We truly thought this cat had been tortured and starved by someone. I even talked to a friend about getting her picked up by the animal rescue 'cat lady'. Much to my surprise, as I attempted to walk Bailey, a couple walking their dog asked if I had seen a lost cat. She said, 'A black and white cat?'. I said, 'yes'. She said, 'with one eye sewn shut?'. I said, 'yeah, sort of' (doesn't look sewn shut anymore, but i didn't tell her that). She said, 'really skinny?'. I said, 'yeah, she's hanging out on my back patio.' At first I was a little wary- Daniel and I had been discussing what kind of people could abuse their cat so. But then the woman started tearing up and was so happy, I knew she loved her kitty. It seems they have been out of state for 2 weeks and their 21 year old daughter was supposed to come out to the house to look after the cat. I'm not sure how the cat got out or whatever, but the daughter had been unable to find her. Turns out this poor cat was 17 years old, half blind, and senile. It's house was just two houses down, but it couldn't find it's way back. The lady had been out walking expecting to find the cat dead and just wanted to bury her. She was so thankful that we had fed and 'cared' for her cat. She couldn't wait to get home and call all her kids to tell them their childhood cat was ok. Good thing I didn't let Daniel or Corinne put it out of it's misery...