MEMORIAL DAY PARADE 2012

yesterday was our town's memorial day parade. elmsford brought their ladder truck to hoist the flag over the parade.

our fire chief invited service people in nyc for fleet week and we were rewarded by the attendance of marines, 

sailors,

and coast guard cadets!

other marchers included a natty drum major...

veterans...

more veterans...

neighboring town musicians...

girl scouts...

and our volunteer fire department.

i did not march as i was on stand-by with the ambulance.

our current chief, who was nice enough to smile for me.

our old hand fire truck...

4 star rear admiral jim alexander, who brought the service people to our parade.

brazilian coalition forces also attended.

happy memorial day!

COLTON'S SUMMER DO

colton a week ago after a bath

colton and luna this weekend "before"

colton "before"

colton and luna are starting to "get" posing together, and they look about as happy as a human brother and sister might

colton "after" his summer do

POTAGER GEARS UP

california poppy overwintered in the potager...

the tomatoes are in; i'm growing the same ones as last year:

bradywine, cherokee purple, dr. wyche's yellow and black krim

clematis 'kingfisher' blooms on the obelisk trellis...

the entrance to the potager has herbs, salvia, grasses and amsonia...

radish popping out - ready to eat!

foxgloves in the potager

allium at entrance to the potager...

happy may!

THINNING APRICOTS

before we get to the work at hand, here is colton, who organizes his toys in the kitchen...

apricots - too many of them...

too heavy, and fruits will be small unless thinned and pruned...

directions for thinning are here: Fruit Trees: Thinning Young Fruit...

i think i removed about 75% of the fruit. 

and i pruned... the dwarf apricots are in the back in the middle... sungold on the left, and moongold on the right. clematis 'guernsey cream' is in the center. i also planted broccoli, beans, chard, kale and squash.