That's a word I learned from Stanley my first boss on Martha's Vineyard. I worked for him at the Menemsha Fishmarket, slinging lobsters and clam chowder. It is an quiet little fishmarket right on the docks of Menemsha. So beautiful. Stanley's fish market is first on the strip but it's not the only fishmarket- so to entice business he'll put up signs that say, "Wowza!" and "Lobsterzilla". Who could pass up that. Silly but still, upon waking up this fine Sunday it was the first thing I thought, Wowza! look at that. I am so proud of it like it just had it's frist day of high school. It's getting exciting now! All sorts of goodies, plenty to share. Our tomato plants are as tall as I am. It seems like every day something new is blooming and fruiting.
Our raspberries are just about red enough. While I was hanging beach towels out to dry I found a patch of low bush blueberries ready for picking. It was nothing compaired to our blueberry harvest in Maine last summer but delicious still and the high bush blueberries are just coming out too. I 
was totally surprised to walk into our deerfenced raised bed to see a ripe zucchini! I never even saw it coming along- but so begins zucchini everything! I actually have some really cool squash planted, an all white heirloom variety, a cool 'flying saucer' and some pumpkins that are already getting wild. I have a few watermelon plants that have yellow flesh inside! I am enjoying this so much if you cant tell.... ahhh...well I must say we've been fortunate so far and the few pests we've had have been manageable, with the exception of whatever it is that is devouring my cauliflower...I sacraficed a few plants like the one you see here. I tried neem oil early on, a little safer soap, planted them with dill and nasturtium....
I am not discouraged,
just perplexed, glad it's only a small sacrafice,
hoping it is the worst of
our problems....happy for all the other joys I've found.
