Also, we have some sunflowers growing in small pots, and we had to take them inside due to a thunderstorm. My partner took this cool picture of one of them in front of a wall hanging in our apartment:

Our garden is doing great. I just planted spinach and snap peas, it might be too late in the season for planting but supposedly they prefer cooler weather and NYC has been a hellish swamp for the entire summer. Meanwhile we grew a lot of cherry tomatoes and made a great caprese salad.

it is!.. also now i need to go on a distillers binge

Garlic is one of my favorites. The planting cycle is everything I love about gardening.

Oops. I meant to add this to my post. Last 2 weeks of picking.

I have a black thumb, but two of the dozen or so bulbs I planted last year actually grew this summer.

I had big plans to bake tonight, but no baking powder. Instead I make some rhubarb apple sauce with rhubarb from my garden.

That’s pretty cool! They look kind of like very tasty crackers.

I’ll have to try this!

Hey ya ! I love you ladies n gents.

My personal favorite Trump quote on all this, from Newsweek:

As the article hints, Giggling is essentially Sludge Belcher 2.0.

Q: What did the ocean say to the sailboat?

I have about 40-50 of this series for my kids, the Great Illustrated Classics is the name.

Sometimes I look at my FUPA and think it’s actually quite sexy: it provides additional curves (curves are an area I need all the help I can get in) and it makes me feel like a beautiful womanly Botticelli painting.

I’m honestly as tired as the “John McCain was a terrible terrible person who no one should say nice things about” pieces as the “John McCain was last of a rare and noble breed of American statesmen” pieces. Dude died just yesterday, and in my universe, it’s still poor manners to interrupt other people’s mourning with…

National Organization of Men Against Amazonian Masterhood.

Whatever. I’m sure I’ll be fine.