Bountiful Garden

I can't justly describe the peacefulness of a garden after a bit of rain on a warm afternoon. Just me and really sticky green bean leaves watching out for the garden snakes that I know are going to slither over my garden shoes at any second. I have convinced my grandfather that his garden has to be planted every year and since HIS garden is just a few steps away it is MY garden too. He does all the hard work, tilling, fertilizing, planting, weeding and eating. I get the easy parts, picking, weeding, preserving, cooking and eating. Today the garden is at it's peak! Tall, lush vines of pole beans. Huge, prickly crook neck squash plants with leaves that size of my head protecting perfect 3 inch squash from sun and rain. Rhubarb growing inside an old tire that will be lovingly prepped and popped into a pie by Grandma. Corn that makes me want to sing a Tim McGraw song every time I walk past it. Tomatoes that tasted so good in my salad tonight I hummed to myself as I popped the first slice in my mouth. And zucchini, humble zucchini that will be made into so many different recipes it would be hard to list them all. Brussels sprouts, carrots, raspberries, peppers, blueberries, pumpkins, oh my! Everything so beautiful and healthy this year I had to get my camera to capture the perfection of this year's garden.