Green Tomatoes

I've blogged before about my mutant zucchini plants. I need to prune them again this weekend. Geez. But now my tomato plants are taking off. I may have to prune them as well (can you prune tomato plants without killing them?) because they're so heavy that they're falling over in their cages. I have a lot of tomatoes in the garden. Unfortunately, most of them are green, like these lovely roma tomatoes. I know they'll all ripen at once and I'll be buried in tomato skin and seeds.

While I was out in the back yard checking out my garden, a little bird kept stopping by to watch me. (below) I only had the 18-55 lens on the camera and the bird wouldn't let me get very close. So, this is the best I could do.



He just kept chirping and watching me pull up tomato cages and swat mosquitoes. I went in the house to get my telephoto lens, but he was gone by the time I came back out. He had the prettiest song. Well, it's been like animal kingdom in my backyard this summer, so I imagine he'll be back eventually.

Backyard Bird Watching

These are finches--one is a barn finch. These little guys flock to my bird feeder all summer long. Some of them might be gold finches and maybe a sparrow or two. It's a little early for a lot of color.




Looks like she sees something interesting in the grass. Probably something tasty. As long as it stays over there and doesn't get near me or the house, I'm fine with it.



This robin nests in the birch tree in our front yard every summer. Pretty soon I'll bet we'll see a little robin hopping around our front porch.