Growing Like a Weed

Summer growth spurts are popping up all over. Bebe is about 10 pounds now (so much for a 5 lb Chihuahua), and is still growing like a weed. Her hair is getting longer in the oddest places like across her rump, under her belly and in little fan-like patches down her back like golden sea shells. Take a look at that tail! In this picture, she's ready to play fetch; one of her favorite pastimes.

Some folks say you can't grow rhubarb in Florida. Pictured above is my attempt at growing rhubarb. I'll never catch up to the incredible rhubarb that Granny grows, but, I'm trying. So far, so good and it's growing like a weed! Pretty soon, we'll be making rhubarb pie and strawberry rhubarb jam!

The roses are all growing beautifully, including the root roses we added (Marilyn Monroe and Joan Fontaine). The red bed, (a portion of which is pictured above) is just stunning. The pink and white rose above is really big, and it's not even finished blooming.

What is also growing like a weed, is of course, the weeds. If I had a nickle for every weed I plucked everyday, I'd be as rich as the dirt they grow in. I guess that's why they call it filthy dirty rich! For now, I'm just filthy dirty watching the summer growth spurt unfold before me.