I  could not get onto my blog this morning as the squarrels got into the fiberoptics and chewed up the cable.  So we were all out of phone service and TV until just now.  I guess we are lucky here again that the little rodents haven’t bothered us much.  They do like to chew up our bird houses, the ones Norman made with plywood.  They start at the hole made for the birds and enlarge that then work until the have the front almost all eaten away.    This morning is hot again so I watered all the gardens and tied up tomatoes.  There are little tomatoes on the plants now so they get heavy when I water them and they fall over so I have to tie them up to the support bars, they are about four foot tall now.  The beans are about 2 inches long now, not far to go before I can pick them.  the squash is all blooming and setting small fruit.  tomorrow I have to burn brush and paper.  We use a burn barrel so have no trouble burning except it is hot and on a hot day it is really hot work!!   Yesterday we went to the farmers market and said Hi to several friends and got a couple vegetables that we didn’t plant.  Next week we will not be able to go as Norman goes for his shot in his eye but that is fine as we will have more in our gardens than we can eat so we really don’t need the farmer’s market.   I loved the pictures of Dyhana.  She is now one year old and so sweet.  I can’t wait to see her.   Oh, my fruit cakes came out well and are now ripening in the root cellar wrapped in juice soaked cheese cloth and saran wrap.  They stay that way for at least three weeks then I will see if they need more time or if they should be frozen.  Those in brandy can stay like that for a year but with fruit juice I have to play it by ear or taste I should say.  I made a dozen little two bite cupcakes so I can sample them as they ripen to see when they are done.  Still very hot here but we are better off here on the mountain than those in Nashville so we can’t complain.  Dad got a fan for the bed room and hooked that up today so at least it will be cooler when we go to bed.  Have a great day.