I have been busy, and neglecting the folks I follow out there in the Blogosphere.

I’m sorry!

And because I have been neglectful, I missed Cecilia, from over at The Kitchen Garden, and her photo challenge to share:

“What do you see from your Back Porch or Back Doorstep?”

The post that began it is HERE, and the views from the world over are not to be missed!

And so, even if I am too late to share this with her there, I of course want to share the view [of] our (or rather, soon to be ours) back porch. 😉

If you click to view closer, you will see the old smoke house on your right, and the verandah of the two room cabin on your left. The little depression in front of the trees is part of the pond.

The porch?

Well, that would be the lattice petticoat you see peeking out from under the trees in the center of this photo. 😉

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We have our final inspection on Wednesday, and sign the legal stuff on Friday!

It makes me giddy just to think about it.

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The air is fresh, and the sun has come out giving the world that special glow that only comes with a good scrubbing of a prolonged and gentle rain. Even the grasses have revived and are rising to the occasion!

Don’t you love days like these?

Well, maybe the neighbors dogwood will take a bit longer… 😦

But don’t you just love that brand new tree house! I makes me wish to be a child again, how about you? 😉

~ Herbs in the garden ~

Umbels of Bronze Fennel

The cooling blue of Borage

~ Vegetables ~

Asparagus refreshed by the rain arises to catch the sun and store it away deep down underground, keeping it there in its roots for next spring.

This morning I see that the runner beans, having been stunted and scorched in the drought, now race to catch up.

~ Flowers ~

We approach the new gate leading into the goose yard, and beyond are the herb and vegetable gardens. There stands Miss Becky, a weather tough form of Rudbeckia, who grew to a mammoth six feet tall! (I suspect her roots grew equally deep into the earth to sustain her.)

Miss Becky!

Turning to go another direction I pass the blackberry vines and discover…

a surprise pair of naked ladies where there were none before! I suspect they were kicked closer to the surface when Bob rototilled this section of the garden in early spring. I await their grand opening.

~ The Geese ~

My little gaggle will be the first to tell you, that the newest grass shoots are the most tender and fine. 😉 Foreground L to R: Little Dorrit, Miss Hissster, Polly, Background: Georgie and Frellnick.