Last week was Graduation Week for my grandson, Connor Romanowski.  He graduated from Helena (AL) High School, with the ceremony being held at the BJCC in Birmingham.  Ray and I went down for the festivities.  Here is a picture of Connor and me after the ceremony:

And this one is of the family!  From left to right:  Connor’s brother, Drew; his mom, Beth; his dad, Brian; Graduate Connor; Beth’s dad, Charles; Ray (behind) and me.  It was a fine time, though pretty quick trip.  Teenagers are always so busy!

The garden is doing great!  Here are some shots of what I harvested on Saturday:

There is kale, chard, arugula, beets, parsley, cilantro and oregano.  The oregano is the upper left.  There is SO much of it!  I have stripped it and it is all drying now.  We do use a lot of oregano, so it won’t go to waste.  I’ll also be sharing with friends.

We put a tomato cage around our squash plant!  Look at all the little squashes hanging around (you may have to enlarge the pic to see them, but they are there)!

Squash in a tomato cage!

The other thing we have is potatoes in a bucket!  Check out this little video!  (for some reason, I can’t seem to get the link to work – here is the full link:  http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/learn-grow-potatoes-bucket-through-song-and-animation-video.html).  Here is what ours look like:

This is all from two potatoes that had gotten kind of old and wrinkly.  I cut them into pieces, and put them into the buckets and WOW have they ever grown!  We have added dirt as they have grown upward, and every time we do, they grow even taller and faster!  We’ll have to stop pretty soon, since the buckets will be completely full.  Thinking we’ll get quite a few potatoes from this!

We also went to a local dinner theater production on Thursday.  Near us is Chaffin’s Barn Dinner Theater.  They have buffet dinners and shows most evenings, but gladly, they also have Thursday Matinees.  These are much cheaper than the dinner buffet, and you can order a box lunch for an additional charge, or bring your own. We love being able to bring our own lunch.  This month the play was Neil Simon’s Rumors, and was a delight!  Very fast-paced and funny.

We see nearly every show that is not a musical.  The performers are great – such a nice treat. We’ll be going back on June 30 to see Take My Wife.

O.K., I’ve droned on long enough!  Thanks for looking and remember, I love comments!