The real culprit turns out to be, not deer... no. It is that ugly tomato hornworm caterpillar in a picture in the post below. I caught one that had munched through two pepper plants and was as big as my pinky finger. It made this horrible clicking noise, I guess to try to "scare" me away or maybe it was scared itself and screaming at the two huge sticks trying to pry its legs off my plant. Those things are strong, and I didn't want to touch it. But now I can take down all the red celophane that looked very weird, and be on the look out for these caterpillars. They come out of nowhere it seems. This year for gardening has been a very educational one.

Okay, I am very protective of my garden. And I don't appreciate anyone coming around and messing with it. This includes YOU:
I had the cutest little budding tomato plant, and you reduced it down to this,

a stalk!

Well, I'll show you. With this:

Crinkly paper to scare you with the noise you'll make as you bump into it. Oh, and not to mention the yellow-eyed cat that will come in handy long before Halloween.


I have yet to find a good way to scare this guy,
but his time's coming.

But there is good news:
Check out this cute little pepper!
The boys of summer-

A budding artist....

This is Erick's drawing of his Mommy, and I don't really have a widows peek, but he likes to connect his circles. He drew one of my mom that made us laugh so hard, because her head was the shape of a cell phone, which is very appropriate for her.

He mainly draws in green, because that's his favorite color, which he no longer refers to as green-sucker. I'm really proud of him though, and how much he likes to draw and color. He really wanted to help me paint the bathroom walls, which is a really cool idea, but that will have to be for another room.