Kjirsti & Tom

Years ago in college, I started making birthday cards to send home to all my family members. I wanted them to be personal and to retell a certain memory I had with them. Svelte Sentiments was created. You didn’t know it but I have a greeting card line! (Okay, maybe only I publish them, but.…

I wasn’t planning on planting carrots this year. I figured, they’re cheap, I’ll just buy them. When my dad gave me some free seed that he had harvested from his carrots, I couldn’t resist. I planted two rows up on a ledge. The soil was hard, and despite my efforts to work in some peat…

I am very proud of these two beauties. Last year I only got one eggplant about a fourth of this size and it had a huge bite out of it. I sliced these up, roasted them and made a delicious pan of Moussaka.

I haven’t posted in a while, which I sadly must admit, reflects poorly on my garden activity this past month. Heat combined with other interests and pursuits have meant that besides picking, watering and occasionally weeding and perhaps edging my garden, I’ve spent little time out there. Fortunately, hard work in the spring are resulting…

So Tom has worked like crazy demoing our master bathroom and he can proudly now report that it is complete- all down to the studs. Which means- we can start building it back up! We are hiring a contractor to install a new shower pan (that we will then tile over) as well as to…