Ummm, how old is this picture? Soooo old.

Monday, June 21, 2010

I should have picked the zucchini.

A few days before we left for vacation, I had a list of things that needed to be done. One of those things was to clean up the garden. The weeds were taking over, and the zucchini needed to be picked. I ran out of sunlight, and that zucchini never got picked.


And then we were gone for ten days.

Yesterday morning I got up early to see what needed to be done. This is what I found.
Since that is all of them in a big pile, let me lay them out for you (minus one big'un in the above pic that I gave away.) The four on the right are normal sized zucchini. About the size of my hand. The three on the left, not so much.
I still don't think that picture did them justice. Let's see how big they are in relation to Ben's head.
Still not getting it? Here it is, next to my adult-sized leg.


It's the same size and shape as my calf, knee to ankle.

It weighs 3.6 pounds.

Never in my life have I seen a zucchini this big. And I have two of them (not counting the one I gave away), plus the other small ones. I have no idea what to do with them, or if it will even taste good. If you sliced it up, the slices would be the approximately diameter of lunch meat. I don't think vegetables are supposed to be this big.

2 comments:

Shannon said...

Those zuchinnis are HUGE. This from a farmer's wife. LOL. I have two things-
and you're going to laugh. 1) when did u start painting ur toes? did i dream it or didn't nail polish make u feel smothered? 2) that picture of ben and your husband after ben was baptized is amazing...the embrace. that has got to be a wonderful feeling-to have your child become a Christian.
~shannon

Amy said...

Shannon, I love you! You are one of the few people who know my quirks. I like toenail polish (not sure if I had discovered that in high school), but fingernail polish DOES make me feel smothered. Like, my skin crawls and everything:)
And yes, I adore the picture of Ben and his dad. It was a really special day, and I feel like I now can have all these conversations with Ben because he is a Brother:)