Hey, a quiz!

Swiped from dancinghorse.

I'm not sure about this. I like Tom Wolfe's work, but I didn't pick the snazzy suit. I picked the jeans, cord shirt, and baseball cap.

http://roflquiz.com/r/55801/

Tom Wolfe

Ah, the life of a wall flower. You get to hang out with the most interesting people - radio DJs, hot rodders, hippies, Hell's Angels, Wall Street tycoons, frat boys - and are completely happy putting them into the spotlight. You're completely happy hanging back with your martini and your little notebook, jotting down all your little observations, in sight but out of mind. Sure, everyone at the party knows who you are - but do they know the real you? And, more importantly, if you want to fade into the background, what's with the bright white suit?

Hey, a quiz!

Swiped from dancinghorse.

I'm not sure about this. I like Tom Wolfe's work, but I didn't pick the snazzy suit. I picked the jeans, cord shirt, and baseball cap.

http://roflquiz.com/r/55801/

Tom Wolfe

Ah, the life of a wall flower. You get to hang out with the most interesting people - radio DJs, hot rodders, hippies, Hell's Angels, Wall Street tycoons, frat boys - and are completely happy putting them into the spotlight. You're completely happy hanging back with your martini and your little notebook, jotting down all your little observations, in sight but out of mind. Sure, everyone at the party knows who you are - but do they know the real you? And, more importantly, if you want to fade into the background, what's with the bright white suit?

Signs of summer

Fireflies.

I love fireflies.

Signs of summer

Fireflies.

I love fireflies.

On the garden front

I may have mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I pulled up my single zucchini plant. It had improved in appearance as the weather warmed, and it flowered quite a few times. No little zucchinis, however. It might have improved as the summer wore on, but I lacked the patience to wait.

My squash isn't all that great, either. It is huge, and it is producing a number of squash. But only two out of 10 or so have gone on to grow large enough to pick and eat. The others haven't grown more than a couple of inches long. At that point, they stop growing and rot at the flower end. The couple of squash that did grow to a reasonable size--6-7 inches--had to be picked today because they were starting to rot at the flower end as well. I had read that squash are ready to pick when the flower falls off. Well, in the case of my plant the flowers are dried up, but they're not falling off.

I did have one of the squash for dinner, cut up and roasted and tossed with some leftover spaghetti. I liked it, but not enough to plant more next year.

In other news, the cantaloupe "vine" is about 5-6" long and has 2 or 3 blossoms. And if even 3/4 of the green tomatoes go on to ripen, I will be making freezer sauce enough to fill the freezer to the top.

On the garden front

I may have mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I pulled up my single zucchini plant. It had improved in appearance as the weather warmed, and it flowered quite a few times. No little zucchinis, however. It might have improved as the summer wore on, but I lacked the patience to wait.

My squash isn't all that great, either. It is huge, and it is producing a number of squash. But only two out of 10 or so have gone on to grow large enough to pick and eat. The others haven't grown more than a couple of inches long. At that point, they stop growing and rot at the flower end. The couple of squash that did grow to a reasonable size--6-7 inches--had to be picked today because they were starting to rot at the flower end as well. I had read that squash are ready to pick when the flower falls off. Well, in the case of my plant the flowers are dried up, but they're not falling off.

I did have one of the squash for dinner, cut up and roasted and tossed with some leftover spaghetti. I liked it, but not enough to plant more next year.

In other news, the cantaloupe "vine" is about 5-6" long and has 2 or 3 blossoms. And if even 3/4 of the green tomatoes go on to ripen, I will be making freezer sauce enough to fill the freezer to the top.