From Summer to Fall

• Beyond The Invisible by Enigma

You’d think that some of these photos were taken during the summer months, but it was yesterday, certain things are still green in the autumns.  I’ve been chasing the butterfly all summer long, finally caught up with one.

Then it took off.  My dad’s banana trees are tall, but no bananas this year, and no kidding, take a look for yourself.

Small Garden in Late July

This post is for EVERYONE , my dad’s garden is at its prime, and I’m thinking that this might be my last post on this year’s garden. The string beans are a success; he has them in two areas, one at the garden area, and another by the deck. My dad ties white clothes on the beans that he is saving for next year’s planting, otherwise we would pick them first because they are ones of the best-looking beans.

Updated 7/26/2008: I updated more photos at the bottom of this post on my section of garden and fishpond, water garden.

Another row of string beans by the deck.

Small Garden in Mid July

This post is for my oldest sister. It has been raining a lot lately, but mostly passing storms that bring welcoming rain to Dad’s garden, see his garden now in comparison to my last post. One of the reasons that Dad’s garden is looking very good is because his land used to be a horse farm. The owner of this farm sold part of the plot, and now it’s a subdivision, but part of the horse farm is still there, right in front of Dad’s house. I’m very fortunate today to see the horses outside; one walked right up to me and strikes a post.

Our Family Reunion

I came from a large family, 7 sisters total and 6 are here, some from NYC visiting, but one couldn’t make it. It’s kind of sad really, I was shocked to hear that last weekend, whilst my brother in-law was checking his SUV, changing the brake pad, and everything, then a freak accident happened. His driveway sits on a slope, and he must have worked on his car at the very spot for over 10 years, his hobby is fixing car but not a mechanic by trade, and after he changed his brake pad, put his car on park, but forgot about the hand brake and/or emergency brake, then he removed the ramps, the car started to roll towards him and pinned him to the garage of his town home, his neighbors came out, almost 10 men couldn’t push the SUV up his driveway, then there was a guy that was visiting his sick aunt, he got in the car and drove forward and freed my brother in-law, needless to say, he has several fractured ribs, and luckily that it was not life threatening, and when I heard of his accident, I thought of many out there that might have done something similar, an accident just waiting to happen, please be careful out there.

So they are not here visiting with us, but my dad still has a full house, and lots of food, but don’t worry, we didn’t eat all in one meal.

This potbelly pig belongs to my dad’s neighbor, good thing that we didn’t run out of food, and beyond the fence are horses, it’s good to know.

My dad’s garden is not producing vegetable fast enough, I’m fortunate to get photos of his string beans, trust me, it was gone as soon as I finish taking the pictures. It’s nice to have a family get together, you can call it a family reunion.

Small Garden in Late June

This post is for my oldest sister. This is my last post before you’ll finally get to see Dad’s garden next week; everything is looking very good, as always. I think dad takes good care of his garden, everything is blooming or bearing fruits comparing to 10 days ago.

My second sister has 2 water lilies in bloom, one in pink, which she has not seen this one herself because it only blooms at noontime, and she was at work.

I also have one in my pond that is real pretty.

The rest of Dad’s garden,

Small Garden in Mid June

This post is for my oldest sister. Dad’s garden is looking very good, comparing to last week, this week many of his vegetables are in bloom, and some even bear fruits or should it be called vegetables.

Small Garden in Early June

This post is for my oldest sister. It has been almost a year since Teddy passed away, and we decided to get a new puppy. He is a Weim or Gray Ghost, short for Weimaraner. He is extremely cute, but lots of work and training to look forward to.

Since my GI Joe sister is in town, she decided to have a cookout at her house. We had shrimps, chicken, and ribs. She makes the best Tum Buk Houng, so we always get to eat hers when she is around.

Dad’s garden is growing rapidly since my last post of Small Garden in Late May.

Small Garden in Late May

This post is for my oldest sister. Things are a lot bigger since the last time I posted photos of Dad’s Small Garden, and second sister’s fish pond is doing really well, her water lilies look healthy, and the leaves are big, unlike mine that barely made it to the top, I’m thinking that it’s because my pond is a lot deeper than hers.

This is her fishpond.

This is mine.

Dad’s garden,

Small Garden

This post is for my oldest sister. In case you’re wondering, this is what they’ve been doing…busy in the garden, but first let me show you my second sister’s water lilies, she called me last night to tell me if I get there by noontime, they should be in full bloom.

Updated photos on 5/18/2008: The weather is nice and his vegetables seem a bit bigger today, so I decided to update new photos instead of writing a new post, here is Dad’s garden. The water lily below is from my pond, it blooms today.