I was off with my prediction of the number of strokes, but Tiger Woods did win the PGA Championship today. Hooray! During the TV ads, I went out in my yard and practiced chipping. Unfortunately, Tiger’s performance didn’t inspire my game at all.

While I watched the last few holes on TV, Lenie read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to Rob and Sam in the garden. Robby is an avid 14-year-old golfer, but Mom reading out loud in the garden trumped golf.

This is the time of year that my boys like to graze in the garden. Lots of food hanging everywhere. I love picking and eating the peas and beans. Our corn is eight to nine feet high. Pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, everything looks good. We don’t get many harmful bugs in our garden, for some reason, even though we use no spray or take any special natural precautions against bugs. All our trees look pretty full too. Plenty of apples and plums for the second year in a row. We have three apples, five plums, and a pear tree. It’s a great time of year when the garden and fruit trees begin offering up their bounty.