In the eye of the apple of my eye.

Master campers

"Real" Augustography picture to come later hopefully.

Editor's note: Nope, this is it, the real deal.

Suburban garden turtle: rarely seen outside of captivity

Tropical Storm Irene coaxed more than a few woodland creatures out of their lairs. As never before captured on film, the rare suburban garden turtle.

First attempt at soft shell crab. Verdict: tasty!

Work is rough.

Thursday, August 25: Summer Winter Melon Pollination

(Internet's still down.)

Artistic Value: 0, Comfort Value: 9

Tuesday August 23: Raving Singer. (Internet's down at home... this post is a few hours late.)

Guess what?

Chocolate pepper flesh!

Smell-o-vision.

So yesterday's ROYGBIV theme totally went over my head. My bad. Red, Orange, yellow, Green, Brown, Inedible Ventana?

Today: smell-o-vision. Singer and Bo took a romp into the mucky pond today and managed to roll in every bit of stink they could find. Bo is quite proud of herself, evidenced by her boastful lounging. Singer is just content: ears back, nose poised to take in all of the olfactory symphony.

Theme: [tasty] colors.

This year, the garden saw:

Mustard greens

Edible amaranth

Winter melon

Bitter melon

Yellow tomatoes

Plum tomatoes

Cherry tomatoes

Basil

Scallions

Chocolate peppers

Some other pepper I lost the placard to.

Friday, August 19: Shoes. Blackberry flash. The American Dream.

Black and white and in the red

What, you've never seen a compact car towing a trailer?

A body in motion stays in motion

Me, I want a hula hoop

Undivided Attention

Saturday, August 13 (invoking same-day-if-you-never-slept rule)

Getting close and personal with some tire rubber. It would be better if I could pull off saying "I live my life a quarter mile at a time" with a straight face.

CSA tomatoes

Grew everything except the shallots!

Hypertension!

I'm not sleepy, really!

summer salad. arguably the best I've ever had.

Study in green.

Tastes like joy!

Clouds

No puppies today, just clouds.

Salad Greens

How much is that foster doggie in the window? Free!

I should probably get around to introducing the stars of the show. The brindle doggie with the hopeful eyes in yesterday's picture is Singer. She's probably the best thing since goat cheese! The apricot colored teddy bear to the left is Bodacious, but I just call her Bo. Or BoBo. She's a foster dog, which means that I take care of her until I fall in love with her and decide to adopt her myself -- I mean, until the right person comes along and incorporates her into their family!

Day 1: Doggie Blues

What's better than two puppies and a sack full of blue potatoes? Two puppies and [hopefully] a pan full of tasty roasted blue potato wedges!