We didn’t have much time to hang around when we got home from work last night, but I did run out to the garden first thing and had two surprises awaiting me: first, minuscule jalapeno peppers on one of the plants on the observatory deck. Yup, peppers — tiny, green bulbs of hot, peppery goodness. They’re about an eighth of an inch long right now, but there’s no mistaking them.

Second surprise? Two ripening tomatoes. Yup, we have two tomatoes among the pounds of tomatoes weighing down our vines that are just beginning to turn orange. There are so many tomatoes on those plants that if they all ripen at the same time — which I’m absolutely certain they will — I will be posting tomato recipes daily and we will be eating them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Seriously, why don’t vegetables ripen in waves?

I did take pictures but didn’t have time last night to offload them from the camera, but I promise I’ll post them tonight. Mostly so you can look at the tiny baby peppers and go “Aww…”

They’re that cute.