Bet you can't guess what was found hiding in my garden this weekend. I'll give you a hint, you'll see them in a picture below this if not already.
Cucumbers! I thought I just had little ones but while I was giving Chad a tour of the garden progression he pointed them out for me. I hadn't even noticed them and they had grown to be around 6 inches long. I think I was spending too much time watching Huebert the watermelon grown to see them. Despite the fact Chad doesn't like cucumbers he seems to be better at finding them than me. I wish I could pickle them for him, but I don't think I have what is needed for that. Maybe next year.
I haven't seen anymore smut in my corn but still checking daily. I do have a few tomatoes that are starting to turn color as well.
Another surprise this weekend was a rainbow. While grilling up some chicken we had marinated on Saturday we got to see a bit of some rainbow before it disappeared. I kind of felt like the rainbow was a treat for all the hard work around the house Chad and I completed. He clean up all the weeds in the driveway and I attacked my kitchen (which always seems to get dirty right away anyway). There wasn't that much rain in our area but apparently other places in the cities received more so we were able to grill and work outside without getting poured on.
I'm just glad we had nice weather for Sunday because Chad and I spent it at the Renaissance festival. Saw some performances and ate some tasty food. I got lots of compliments on my garb. I was very grateful for all of the compliments and wasn't expecting so many to say something, but it was nice the effort made to cinch myself in (with Chad's help) was not wasted.
People also seemed to notice how Chad and I matched. We were both wearing green but I promise you it wasn't planned. Just so happened he chose to wear a green shirt and my garb is mainly green. They also thought my red hair is natural. I'm considering just pretending I'm Irish because I might as well be, right?!
The picture of me in my garb is after we had been there the whole day so I'm slightly disheveled and not quite in peak condition but still gives you a good idea what I was wearing.
The best purchase I made the whole day was a bodice cooler. It is something I will be putting much use into. For those who don't know what one is, it's essentially a tube with a cork to keep the ice inside. You put said ice into the tube and close it up and then plop it into your bodice right where you think it would go (Between your bosoms of course). Mine is made of stainless steal but I've seen online that some make them from glass. I plan to decorate the cork somehow because I didn't see any toppers they had decorated their corks with to my liking.
Seriously. Best invention ever. Maybe I'll make a pouch for it so I can use it without a bodice. Haha. It feels wonderful and I really hate the heat. So, having the ability to cool off quickly like that is a huge plus in my book.
We do plan on trying to go back to festival at least once more before it closes, and have begun the process of looking into getting Chad some commoner garb. Huzzah!
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