Sunflowers and Swimming

One of our favorite things from the old house happens to be our Giant Sunflowers in the garden. We planted them several years ago and they kept on coming back. These guys were huge...at least 7 feet tall with THE most beautiful sunflowers ever! G even sold some of the blooms at the farmers market. They were so much fun that we knew we had to plant some at the new house.

We bought a bunch of different sizes and colors of sunflowers this year and mixed them all up. We're just going to be surprised at what comes up and where! We also decided to toss in a few Zinnias too. Why not?! Flowers make people happy :)

Husband prepared the planting zones and G was in charge of seed placement.

Louie the cat, who is officially a member of the family, even joined in. As soon as the pine straw was raked back, he would run and dive in the midle of the pile and make a mess.

When all of our little seeds were in the ground, G asked to go swimming. Mind you, it was just a tad chilly that night AND the water is still freezing!!! We said sure, thinking that she wouldn't really do it.

She proudly marched to the top of the diving rocks and asked one last time, "Really? I can go swimming?"

To which I, in my snuggie, yelled back "go for it," thinking she was just testing me. I mean it was freezing! 

Then she jumped in! ...and stayed in for a while just to prove it wasn't cold. Clearly 11 year-olds have a different bodily thermostat than I do!!!