Eggplant

I've gotten several crops of Eggplants, I like the light purple flowers and sturdy stalks, they pretty much stood up to the rain.

Ginger

Today I saw a squirrel (a big one!) climb my sunflowers to feast on the seeds. I've seen hummingbirds flitting around the zinnias and other blooms in the garden, yesterday and today. Did not get a photo of either, except I'd swear there was a hummingbird behind these ginger, green on green still, but starting to bloom!

Abby the Cat

This is what Abby mostly does, I think it is her job.

She also patrols the garden, but not so happily during watering, here she plots reaching the porch with dry paws.

Red on Red everyday a few tomatoes ripen!

TT Growth

Even Topsy Turvey tomatoes grow up! Maybe it is not the tomato that is Topsy Turvey, but someone else....hmmm.

Red

This evening I saw red tomatoes! Had I missed them? When I picked them I noticed several were bursting and had holes filled with blackness. The wholes looked like bore holes made by a worm the size of my pinky. Too gross and disappointing to photograph. They went into the compost bin.
So, I picked some still green tomatoes, but ones that seemed, based on all my seasoning, about ready, to ripen inside the house. I left some on the vine too, an experiment. I want a few red, whole tomatoes!
I'm going to celebrate my red tomatoes with a gin and tonic; wonder where the Persian limes really come from?

Green

All my tomatoes are green. How long should I expect to wait until I see some red? It seems so long that they have been hanging there, green. I can't remember which variety I planted for the first bunch, but they weren't green tomatoes, I know. The other ladies at Church all have harvested many tomatoes already. I'm green.
Here's a pic of Abby, yellow cheers me up, while I wait.