The garden. Perhaps it is this summer's cool, wet weather. Or, perhaps there is some validity to my sneaking suspicion that magic plays a part in it. Whatever the reason, our kitchen garden has been such a fulfilling part of summer. I am just as much in awe as the children are at planting seeds half an inch into the ground and picking beans off of the plants seven weeks later.
A friend once told me she thinks the world would be a much better place if everyone were required to have a garden, a sentiment I quickly dismissed. It turns out she may be onto something after all...

And yes, I did can cucumbers to make dill pickles. I learned it on you-tube! Can you say "Yee-haw!!"?!?!?