The children were dancing around in the bathroom being silly and TJ was saying goofy things when he said, "My d*** daddy."

I turned to him and scolded, "What did you say?!"

"Oh mommy," he innocently responded, "I didn't say dumb!"

August Garden

• One of my new loves is the sound of the wind blowing through mature cornstalks. I realized today that I've never heard that before. Didn't think you could be 40 and experience something new. So blessed that I heard it.

• TJ, "Look Morgan, that sunflower is ginormous!" (It is about 3 feet tall.)

• Driving home with the full moon the other night Shelby exclaimed, "The moon! The moon! He has strong muscles!! Daddy has strong muscles!"

• Today we were being quiet and TJ turned to me and asked, "Mommy, when you die, do you forget what you were going to say?"

• I never knew that Butternut Squash could be so beautiful, and delightful!

• Love my cabbage, though I think I'll have to be really hungry to eat them. Lots of aphids this year. A little soap and water has done them a lot of good, but I washed them. I remember how many bugs were on them. In the meantime, they are just plain beautiful!