Instead of the weeds and invasive vines that took over my backyard, I decided to bite the bullet and have some guys rip it all out.  The plan now is to keep the citrus trees in pots, plant some trees and try raised bed gardening.  Part of it is to compete with my grandsons.  They are already way ahead of me in Texas.  My raised beds are still in work, I got them built and installed, but still working on the plumbing.  The only way it will work with me if I have everything on timers hooked up to drip lines.  In the mean time I have tomato plants popping up all over the yard.  It is growing wild in back of the garage and next to my old compost pile.  The cherry tomato sprung up in the front yard.  This is our bounty.  Oh well, maybe next year.  I also produced three blue berries.  Yes, three.

Gayle likes to go visit her former Sunday school student Lily Tokuyama at her store Share and Do Good in Fullerton.  And even thirty years ago, Lily towered over Gayle.  Her enthusiasm has not diminished.