From Spring to SUMMER!

Well things are all in bloom here and the trees are all green, and the lawn-mowing has begun! I have never lived in a town where so many people drive there lawn mowers around town. It's a little strange, and they might even be driving to work for all I know. I  do know that there is a couple down the street with a golf cart that they use to trek kids around to school and such, so who knows! Well the weather has decided that it is officially summer. It's been in the 80's-90's this last week or so and you can always hear somebody out on their lawn mower. It's great to walk around town and smell the freshly cut grass or someone cooking on the barbeque. I love those smells of summer. There are other aspects of summer that I'm not a fan of, especially here. Apparently South Dakota is the home of a TON of bugs!! I've always been a mosquito magnet, but here I am a buffet! I took Cache out for a walk to the park (with a pond of course) and my legs and ankles are covered in bites! Cache would seem to have Jared's knack for avoiding these critters as he seems to be untouched. We did get some sun though (no allergic reaction for me yet!) as we walked around to the softball tournament that was going on and past the swimming pool. They are currently getting the new playground equipment put in and I think it will be ready by next week! (I think someone needs to kick Clinton City in the bum and get them moving! If a small town like Tyndall can do it so fast, so can they!)
Anyway, I thought a few pictures would be nice to share as the weather is allowing. :)

Cache passed out at a friend's house. It was so hot that he was stripped to his shorts!

I know the picture is hard to tell, but we have corn in the far back on the left, and zucchini (I think) in the middle. We do have cilantro growing I think but we will just have to see!

The little pond and flowers out back. That pond needs help though....I keep finding dead birds in it..

Gardening is still proving to be a work in progress, but Brother and Sister Bradley were giving away tomato plants today, so I took a couple home and we will be planting them tomorrow! So anyway, that's this post's message! :)