Good Things About Summer

Tonight was the last night of baseball. D's team lost 2 in a row against the Tigers and are out of the playoffs now. He had a pretty great game, though. Made a play as 1st baseman, hit a double, and the super duper dream come true - HE GOT TO PITCH. It was only for a few batters at the end of the last inning. They pretty much had already lost, and he threw almost all balls, but struck out his friend from school. He was sad they lost, but was a good sport and was fine after getting an ice cream with the team. I love his coach for letting him pitch. He has been practicing so hard, harder than I've ever seen him practice anything. So far, I think baseball has been the best sports experience. And I think D liked it too. haha
Today was also the first time I was able to eat something from the garden. Green beans! My absolute favorite, from when I was a tiny kid looking forward to Grandpa's beans, as opposed to the usual mushy gray canned beans. We have a lot of tomatoes, but they are all still green. The corn was definitely "knee high by the 4th of July". Zucchini flowers have started blooming the past few days. Our green pepper plant is way too crowded where it is, but there is a tiny pepper on it, and the peas are still hanging in there. We have snitched a few of those and eaten them straight off the vine. And the hazelnut trees/bushes that I planted a couple of years ago both have the beginnings of nuts all over them. Yay!