Our summer yard...

is so beautiful and green right now with flowers and veggie's growing. I've been playing with veggies more this year and having so much fun learning... and eating. Last night we had a whole dinner from the garden... minus the chicken, but it was seasoned with fresh cilantro and walla walla sweet onions grown from our dirt. What a great feeling to eat your own home grown food. I'm addicted... it feels like magic really. I've been reading and planning for next years space already, and have added more garden space with a late start on more potatoes and carrots. I think they will still have time to grow before the cold... everything is already up so fast. The empowered feeling of being self reliant is kind of addicting too... hmmm seems a lot of people have lost that feeling or maybe never even felt it... I think it is greatly on the rise however from what I've been reading... and I think I've been slow to get on the wagon, but wow it's great! 

Putting away my tools lately I glanced up and saw this mess of debris piled on top of  the old alarm system sensor on our back patio. I couldn't imagine how it got there it was such a mess, stringing all down the front of the sensor like someone had just thrown a wad of gunk up there. Upon closer inspection I realized it was a bird nest though it seemed empty, or so I thought. Climbing up on a ladder to see better confirmed that it was in fact not empty as this little beige head with black shiny eyes peered out at me... holding perfectly still as if trying not to be noticed. Oh a little mom on my back patio and I didn't even notice. She is so sweet sitting there. She sneaks away and sneaks back so carefully  watching before she flies back to the nest keeping it safe from predators. I'm a little concerned when the juniors try out there wings for the first time... between dogs and hard concrete below.... hmmm...well I might have to try and remedy that somehow. 

Simple joys.