I have a confession to make...

My parents came here for a week long visit last month. They live in Albuquerque. I get to see them maybe four times a year. They are very involved with my kids. They are also very loving, supportive parents. Unfortunately, our visit didn't go as well as I had hoped.

I'm very sensitive, overly so sometimes. God has a funny sense of humor. See, knowing me from the womb, He put me in the care of my mom. Now, I don't take back what I've said about my mom, she's great. Have you ever seen "Joy Luck Club"? Yes, she is Chinese, and she has her own way about her. She's concerned and caring and this sometimes comes off as critical, in my overly sensitive mind, anyhow.

A comment she made while here last month took things on a bad turn. So, I'm hoping that with our visit this week to Albuquerque, I can start to make things right again. I feel like I let myself down and God down, as well. So, this is a "do over" of sorts.

There are many things I have to remember. I have to realize she is who she is and I won't change that. She does have the best of intentions, she just has a different way of presenting them. I have to remember that this is a woman who struggles to have a relationship with her own mother. My mom was raised primarily by her grandmother. Finally, I have to realize that the relationship I have with her has to be the relationship that I want to have with MY children when they are adults.

I'm confident with prayer and patience this will all work out. I probably won't have much time to post in the next week.

Here are some recent pictures of our garden. The first picture is quite funny because while the Russian Sage is glorious, there are Quelites (as we New Mexicans like to call it) and my nemesis the Bindweed in the background. LOL. You take the good, you take the bad... Next is my first honeysuckles of the season. Ron laughs at my "rustic" trellis. I'm particularly proud of the blurry green grape tomatoes LOL. I planted these from seeds of organic grape tomatoes I got from Wild Oats! The plant is absolutely full of flowers! My kids can't wait. In the background are beans, also planted from seed (an accomplishment for me) LOL, and some spring onions I rescued from the compost bin. My husband thought they were done~ gasp! the horror! Next is Portulaca in all it's glory. In the really intense heat, this is the one low maintenance plant I've found that has thrived whether in the desert of El Paso, or the semi arrid Rockies. Finally, a window box w. rescued marigold (at Lowe's for 25 cents!), a very happy petunia, and my stanby portulaca.






















Today I spent a good part of the day pulling Bindweed, which I'm finding to be strangely therapeutic. :) There's another weed terrorizing the lawn, which I suspect to be chickweed, but I'm not sure. The flowers in my containers are thriving, if I will just leave them alone! My vegetable garden, although humble, is doing quite well. My mom might be proud. LOL. We've had two great days of rain, a blessing to our water bill. Dexter tried to dig into the lawn (where I've pulled Bindweed up nonetheless) to hide yet another granola bar. Atleast he's not in my containers. LOL.

I found this website and thought I'd post it in the event anyone's interested http://assoc.garden.org/ag/

My dearest friend Megan has had her blog posted on Veggie Web! Yay! It is quite a momentous accomplishment to create the beauty she has painted and toiled through in her backyard. Check it out in my favorite links.