Does anyone know what eats green tomatoes

but that didn't take all of them? I looked at our plants this a.m. to find the two tomatoes are missing from the first one in the row. Pretty disgusting when they were about to begin ripening.

I wanted/needed to shower this morning, so Bob got a magic marker and before we removed it, outlined the sling parts so he could put it back correctly. Slings are no longer just a piece of fabric on which you rest an arm. They're complicated with laps and folds and meant to hold the shoulder in place; i.e. to keep you from moving around. It's probably a good thing this happened to my right arm since it's forcing me to take it easy. There are moments, however, when I am not quite so ambidextrous. I've been reminded a number of times that it's okay to ask for help and it was nice to have Bob dry me and apply powder to my upper body after the shower. He's stopping at the library on his way home from the ortho's to get a new supply of reading material, so this afternoon will be spent in the prone position. Tomorrow evening I get to drink my gallon of GoLytely which will not have me prone; whoopee.

We had a great rain last night, badly needed all around and our new flower bed is starting to look really good. The temps have been so good this year for corn, with it being more than shoulder high already. Having lived where you hoped for knee high by the 4th of July, seeing crops so far ahead takes getting used to. I still see the hay bales and in my subconscious think that summer is nearly over when it's only just getting started.

Oops! something has the chickens squawking; I'd better check that out. It was a neighbor's cat and I was surprised to see it as cats wandering in the woods around here is not the norm. In fact, the amount of wildlife we see or find evidence of is surprisingly low. Deer, of course; the rare oppossum, raccoons and skunks dead on or near the roadside. We've not seen the bear for two years, although he has visited neighbors who seem to continue feeding birds which attracts the bear.

Well, that's it for a few days. Friday we're going to pick up peaches to bring with us next week when we go to PA, and Friday evening we're going to Buena Vista to listen to gospel music in the park. It should be a great day.