TIME TO HARVEST

This is a squash called Delicata, it is a Summer squash, good flavor but kind of dry. This is about half of what I have picked this year.This is a picture of Sweet Meat Squash still in the garden. I picked about 40 from this double row. (25 plants)

Here is a picture of Autumn Gold Pumpkins, the kindergarden children will pick these in a few weeks.

This is one side of my Pumpkin Garden. It is a good view of the Indian Corn and the pumpkins.

This is a Blue Moon Pumpkin.

This is a Sweet Meat Squash.

This is a white pumpkin..

Here is my entire harvest of Sweet Meat Squash. A good crop this year. Last year I only picked five.

WHAT A PARTY !!!!!!!

First of all, thanks to everyone that came to my BIRTHDAY PARTY !!!!!!

The weather was pretty bad, it was rainy, muddy, windy and cold. But in spite of that everyone had a great time. Especially me.

There is not a better way to spend a BIRTHDAY than with family and friends !!!!! So next year, everyone plan on attending, you will really enjoy it.

Thanks to everyone for bringing food; we had soup, bread, salad from the garden, bread rolls, and Chantelle made a Tres Leche Cake. Thanks Chantelle it was yummy !!!!!

Thanks also for all the gifts, especially the homemade ones !!!! Thanks for the thought behind each and every gift.

At the end of the evening we had some fun with skits. Bryant and Missy’s skit was soooooo funny. We captured all of the skits on tape. So any of you that missed it can get a copy from one of us.

Thanks for all of you for commenting on my blogs too. Hopefully you will continue to check out my blogs. I should have more time to blog these days.

Here are a few pictures of some of the activities.

Sorry for all the pictures, but I needed to show you how much fun we had !!!!!!!

See you next year.

BIRTHDAY PARTY INFORMATION

So here you are.
Looking for extra points for my birthday scavenger hunt.
So here are ways you can earn extra points.
1. Help a stranger. (limit 30 strangers) 5 extra points per stranger
2. Do a really good deed, do this secretly. 25 extra points per good deed. NO ONE MUST KNOW !!!!! (Limit 30 good deeds)
3. Plant a tree (limit 30 trees) 50 points per tree
4. Plant tulips (limit 30 tulips) 5 points per tulip
5. Bring a tres leche cake to my party. 50 points
6. Bring someone new to the party. 50 points (no limit) This has to be someone that has never attended one of my partys before.
7. Bring a thoughtful but cheap gift. (Just kidding) 25 points. IF THIS GIFT IS HOMEMADE ADD 25 ADDITIONAL POINTS.
7. Did you read this entire email? (5 points)
8. Send someone to one of my three blogs. They must comment in order for you to get credit. 10 points per new visitor. http://www.aapixaday.blogspot.com/ http://www.gardeninglifestyle.blogspot.com/ http://www.recipeaweekfoodforalifetime.blogspot.com/

9. Please come to my party !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (10 extra points just for coming)
10. Send 10 extra recipes. 5 points per recipe. (NO LIMIT) pamolsen@prophoto.bz
11. Did I say bring a gift. (REALLY, JUST KIDDING !!!!! )
12. Bring a package of flower or vegetable seed. (15 points)

If you begin now, there is no way you shouldn't win the top prize for my party. A BRIGHT BLUE SHINNY NEW CAR !!!!!!! (just kidding)

Scavenger Hunt & Games 4:00 to 6:00 pm
Dinner and Ice Cream & Cake 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Extra activities 8:00 to 10:00 pm Including fireworks !!!!!

Hope to see all of you there.
Love ya,
Pam

Pams Palisades Party

Here are a few pictures I took last year in July at Palisades. I have more infomation about the party below. I hope you can come !!!!!!!!

This post is for my party.
To earn an extra 50 points that go toward the scavenger hunt, email me 5 extra recipes.
To earn an extra 40 points read and comment on three of my Garden Blog entries.
To earn an extra 30 points, have someone read and comment on my Garden Blog.
To earn an extra 100 points, bring a tres leches milk cake. (not sure how to keep it refrigerated, but do what you can).
This has to be done before 11:00 am on Thursday July 16th. cake not included.

Good Luck !!!!!!

Flowers, Flowers, Flowers, Flowers and more Flowers

I hope you are ready to look at lots of tulips, here we go.

These tulips are so cute. This is there first year, they are kind of tiny.

This is a type of Lily. It blossoms kind of upside down.

This is a flower bed by the driveway.

It has been planted about three years.

This year it finally filled in and looks GREAT !!

Lots more daffodils, notice the lighting on this one.

Groups of tulips. This first group is Darwin tulips.

They were my Mothers' favorite.

She always told me to grow that varitey.

This is there second year, they have long stems and I think they are beautiful.

This group is 10 years old. Some people divide tulips but I never do.

They seem to be a little smaller, but I love the large groups.