Like Falling Off a Log

…growing tomatoes in Central Illinois, that is.

The cherry tomatoes have ripened first, of course – about 1″ in diameter, very sweet and tangy.

Here’s the biggest brandywine….

…but the rest aren’t much smaller.

And the basil grows in bushes here.

Basil as a cut flower – who would have thought?

(It was an accident – I had some extra sprigs in water waiting for the next meal, and then a geranium blossom fell out and I had to put it somewhere. Since the photo was taken, I’ve added two mini corsages of some kind of tiny, clustering purple flower that we were given at a wedding .)