For Christmas, my mom gave me this basil “garden in a bag.” You can see below it’s humble beginnings, and now it’s monstrous. I usually let all plants that I come into contact with die, but I’m way into this one. Matt was so impressed with my ability to grow this basil in a sack, that he got me this awesome sunflower in a can for my birthday. It’s from Korea. I started it on my birthday, so a week ago today, and look at it thriving already! I plan to grow many more things in cans and sacks. I just got dill in a sack started, so it will germinate in “7 to 21 days.”

Whale watching was very fun. About a half hour after we got out of the harbor, a whale was spotted. We were able to stay with it and see it several times. We saw it come up out of the water and it’s tail as it went down about 5 or 6 times, and we saw it spout water a few other times. They said that they hadn’t seen a whale all weekend, so we lucked out! The weather was beautiful, and we had a very nice time. It was pretty cold, but not nearly as bad as it could have been because it was sunny.

When we got home, we were exhausted. We had pizza and ate my extremely delicious birthday cake. We were asleep by 10. All in all, it was a very nice birthday!

You can click on the picture below to see a slideshow of photos from our trip. Enjoy!

Today is my final birthday of my 20s. To celebrate, we’re going on a whale watching trip, which we are very excited about. Also, check out this fantastic cake that Matt got for me.