Great Barrel and Garden Stuff

After two years of working with or compost barrel, AKA the Scrap Eater, we finally got some things to grow and make it look pretty. On the left of the pic you see a volunteer tomato plant that actually has tomatoes on it! Beside it is a volunteer pepper plant that has just bloomed and until a pepper actually grows, we won't know what kind of pepper it is. The pretty flowers are the Candulas that Cris gave us many seeds for and they are growing all over our yard in at least 5 different places. There is also an asparagus fern that I added for some evergreen effect. It is a bit hard to see. Enjoy.
Yes, that is a hummingbird feeder. The hummingbirds seem to have left for the summer.


The pic below shows a single day's haul of vegies. We are so proud of our garden this year. We are hoping to have a much bigger one next year! Now don't misunderstand, we don't get that big a haul every day but every two to three days we do ... :)

Strangest Thing

I discovered this by accident one morning as I was laying on my bed, awake and pondering. This picture was only able to be captured on a later day at just the right time of day when the sun was shining on it. The window actually looks clean as a whistle as soon as the sun moves to shade. I would assume the ghastly looking stuff that shows along with the bird wings is pollen and probably accounts for why the wings left their mark. This is actually not a window but is the sliding door in our bedroom. The bird evidently flew away after the "smack" as do most that we happen to see when it occurs. I feel so bad for them.