How does your garden grow?

Apparently our garden grows with toads visiting, purple finches dining nearby, children playing in the sprinkler, and with lots of lovely handmade plant markers to boot (see Sunday's post)!

I also had to add one of Abigail, wearing the latest in hair fashion...you may have heard of them, but they've never appeared on her head before today. (This is quite a milestone for us, with her very, um, strong opinions about how her hair is appropriately styled). She calls them "pink tails," apparently misunderstanding my silly name of "pig tails," though I tried to correct her several times, eventually giving up.

And, the last anecdote of the day--
We've had some squirrels giving us fits, trying to eat all our birdseed in our numerous feeders. Today, I bought some capsaicin to sprinkle in and hopefully deter them somewhat. The kids said if that didn't work though, we could always just get a porcupine. I replied that I'm not sure why they think porcupines would scare squirrels, but I'm certainly willing to give it a shot. If I just knew where to find one.... Or, maybe Alli the possum slayer could help me out!!