Watermelons, Ripe For The Picking

It is harvest time here in the Shipley house. The abundant fruits of our labor are ready to be brought in from the fields.

Okay, the few seeds that we planted mid June that survived, have bloomed and we figure this is as good as it gets. Surprisingly we got 6 baby watermelons (no we didn't plant baby watermelons, that's just the best a window box could do). My over-ambitious husband when picking out the seeds would we would plant to show Gracie about how things grow, said "what the heck--they could grow!" And he was right...well sort of.

This afternoon we sliced our baby watermelons and had a feast. Well...more like a snack, but I belive that the lesson in how things grow was completed. Gracie watched us plant the seeds, she watched them grow over the past 3 months, and now she has gotten a taste of our success.

It's all in how you look at it. But, what a neat lesson in life.

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