This morning while I was out on our front step reading the book of Job, I heard a familiar buzzing sound. I looked up and saw a tiny little hummingbird not more than 3 feet away from me. I thought oh what a cute little guy, you sure are brave!

The more he lingered around, looking at me, I started to think please don't stab me with that pointy little beak... I'm not your lunch.

He flew off a few seconds later, but it reminded me of the mockingbird that has been terrorizing the cats in our neighborhood, including poor Nelson. Apparently these mockingbirds are extremely territorial and protective of their nests. Nelson would be sleeping in the sun on our deck while this crazy bird would sit on the rail and make a loud clicking noise at him.

A few days later we saw the same bird dive bomb him and peck at his tail. Jer and I were both amazed at the bravery of this bird... or maybe it's sheer stupidity. After all, Nelson is an acomplished bird hunter and has brought us many a trophy. I was sure that he'd kill any bird that was close enough. But alas, this bird had him shaking in his boots.

Where've I been, what have I been doing? Well I've been right here, but I've been doing anything but sitting behind a computer.  We're still podcasting but even that's been hit and miss.

So one of the things that I've been doing is staying outside. When we first moved, I decided it was early enough to plant a vegetable garden. I planned out a 10x8 square and spent a few days digging it up. With a shovel. By myself.

The kids helped me haul away the hunks of grass by loading them up into their wagon and taking them to a low spot in our yard. Jer tilled up the soil and we planted several good eats such as peppers, tomatos, squash, watermelon, and a few other things. We're excited to finally see things growing! We're waiting for the "ripe" moment to harvest... Hah!

I've also been doing a lot of yard work other than the garden. Pulling weeds, mowing, and fighting off veggie eating bugs!

Now that it's too hot to be outside all day long, I hope to get a few more minutes in my day to blog. :)

I was tagged by Zarah to do this fun Flickr Meme. Pretty neat to see how it all comes together in the end. I don't have a "celebrity crush" so I used the search word Jesus which lead me to an artist who uses scripture as his inspiration to create some fabulous artwork. These prints are going on my wishlist.

The rules:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

1. What is your first name?  
2. What is your favorite food?  
3. What high school did you go to? 
4. What is your favorite color?   
5. Who is your celebrity crush?  
6. Favorite drink? 
7. Dream vacation?  
8. Favorite dessert?  
9. What you want to be when you grow up? 
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.

I'm tagging Staci (verypink), Leah (stupidbutclever), Jessie (messie), and Tonya (adventurejournalist)