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sarahsweets · May 19, 2019 at 05:42 AM

I love summer. I love being outside and sitting outback with my coffee in the morning. My favorite times are nights on my deck with my lights and plants and stuff to make it feel magical. It gives me a lot of pleasure to have people over and listen to music, talk into the wee hours and laugh. Sun has vitamin d so it really helps my mood. Don't get me wrong- I live in NJ and am an hour away from the beach so that is my second home. We also go away camping every year and that is fun too. But I love being home outside the most. I got my garden planted. Two of my tomato plants are looking a little weary so I am concerned. This year we have two kinds of tomatos, banana peppers, zucchini, cucumbers and basil.
I've got my two dogs and my bird feeders out. This year I am hoping for some hummingbirds. I have two feeders out and I made my own food out of sugar and water because learned that the pre-packaged stuff with the red dye isn't good for them. I read about them and they are cautious and you need to leave them out for awhile before they get comfortable using it as a food source. My bird house has a family of sparrows in it and I have blue-jays, woodpeckers, nuthatches, wrens, a pair of cardinals and other wild birds taking up residence in the yard. And yes, the asshole fat squirrel who always tries to ruin my suet and bird feeder is back. I have a good way of keeping him off the one birdfeeder though- crisco. I greased the poles and he can't hang on. The suet in the tree is on his turf though.
Share your summer stuff- pics welcome!

one view of my deck at night

different view of deck

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My fairy garden- I have a thing for little dolls and villages.