hello darling

summer is here in south carolina. i had hoped that the heat would hold off, but per usual, it's back in full force. we're in the midst of the 90 degree days that come with early summer. it's not yet the 100+ range with full force humidity, but that won't be long... the dogs go out for a short play time and then are fervently searching for an air conditioning vent to lay on or a bowl of water they can attempt to climb in. i think they will really like the frigid wet cold winters down here.

baby cucumber :)

i worked in the garden yesterday and picked some giant squash and ate our first cucumber! i think i let the cucumber get a tad too big but it was delicious anyway. i washed it off under the faucet by the shop and we cut it open with brent's pocket knife! nothing like fresh veggies from the garden. i have tons of tomatoes as well. a bush full of roma's and some big talladega's. i'm not sure what in the world i am going to do with all of this produce but it's abundant! i might try to work on a late summer garden this weekend.

little baby squash!

yesterday was a big day. we went to columbia and picked out the granite for our countertops in the kitchen and bathrooms. i am most excited about the guest bathroom granite. it was fun to pick out stuff and we got lucky with some really nice remnant pieces for vanities. after that we hit sumter to pick up our dog pens and chik fil a. we started putting the pens together and realized they didn't give us all of the hardware we need so i have to run back up there today for that. and we also started cutting wheat last night! i think that this is my favorite of all the harvest. it's usually super hot when we're cutting corn and extra dry and dusty and cutting beans is during the fall which is my favorite time of year so i'd rather be camping or kayaking. i think brent favors cutting beans and it is really cool to watch the combine roll through and turn the vines of beans into short stubble. but wheat is so beautiful and really neat to watch when it's cut with the stripper header.

the dogs are asleep at my feet. i think my 1/2 day is up so i'm going to head back to sumter to pick up the stuff for the dog pens, take some fixtures back to lowes, and then come back to clean up the house. hope everyone is having a fabulous week so far! :)