A Story in Pictures and Gifs

This week I've been gardening and I have been having so much fun! I've been pretty much like this:

While I've been gardening I've also seen a bunch of squirrels. One in particular looked all cute and fluffy and he let me feed him a grape.

  

When I told my brother about it, he asked me if I wanted him to shoot the squirrel. I told him "no" since that cute little squirrel wasn't hurting anybody.

During this time my pineapple plant that I've had a few years actually flowered! I was so excited!

Here's a close up of what it looks like, though this specific picture isn't mine. 

I've waited years for it to do something and then it just decided to flower! So today I went to church and then saw the new Cinderella movie with some friends afterwards. 

Meanwhile at home.....

And I came back to this.

HE ATE THE FLOWER AND SHREDDED THE REST!

 

My beautiful plant was destroyed!!! 

And so I've been in the pit of despair.... But the movie was really good :) 

*sigh* But I'll be okay... I'll just go wait another five years for another pineapple plant to bloom...

And the next squirrel I see? 

Just kidding, I wouldn't want to shoot the wrong squirrel. 

Starting My Garden

I've been getting an urge to garden lately so I've started some plants. I usually just try to grow things from the seeds in the produce we buy, so you can see a bit of our dinner history from whatever's on the windowsill. ;)

This is my lemon tree, isn't is cute?

This is my pomegranate plant...

and my apple tree.

This is my other apple tree I grew from a wee little seed a couple years ago.

I just recently braided the trunk because it was split up into three, which was my dad's idea. It's going to be interesting to see how it looks after growing some more.

This is my pineapple plant. They takes two years to produce a single pineapple, but I've been patient! :) This is the second year I've had it; so hopefully I'll be getting a pineapple soon. I've also got two itty bitty kiwi plants that didn't show up on my camera, and a red honeysuckle plant growing as well. I'd like to get some lavender and lemon balm. I got the book 1001 Natural Remedies from my grandma and almost everything involves lavender.

 (By the way, I really like this book :) 

Has anyone else started any gardening?

The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

- Genesis 2:15