Kjirsti & Tom

I’ve heard it said that most boys at BYU can play the guitar, at least one song, it’s considered a good chic magnet. Tom tried the same trick with me when we met the second time. He strummed away on the guitar, wearing his black a fro (it was a Halloween party), and talking casually.…

My sister introduced me to liatris this year. She planted six in my yard. They’re a great perennial, that offers as much with their poky greenery as they do in their firework-like vertical blooms. They’re native of North America, and I’ve noticed that the city of Cleveland has used them extensively in their gardens along…

This bed wasn’t supposed to turn out to be my most beautiful. I spent much more time in several other perennial beds. But thanks to two flats of super cheap impatiens, and splurge on pansies in early spring this bed reaps more compliments than any other by far. In early June the two dark green…

Oh how I love tomato season!

A few weeks ago, Tom and I were talking about dreams. I was expressing my admiration of Tom’s ability to have seemingly countless dreams. I explained that I had always felt a great hesitancy to have dreams because, for me, dreams were too tightly combined with goals- and I didn’t want to set a goal…

This is the current project: Though, so as not to give myself too much credit today, we removed the jungle-lush shag years ago. But the just as tropical wallpaper remained- as did the less the desirable-shade of yellow blind. So far it looks like this: Wall paper removed, this room revealed many more necessary repairs…

So don’t be alarmed if you’ve already heard that several times in the past few months and have yet seen little progress. I believe this time I can say it in earnest. The home repairs are going to be getting checked off en masse thanks to a determined and available young gal. As you may…

No need to buy green peppers anymore. I’m picking a couple of these every couple of days: They’re a bit spicier than your average bell, but not so much that you can’t enjoy them cut up over a piece of pizza! Shaded by eggplants, my coleus seedlings are taking off. I guess I’ll try to…

I had two unique and wonderful opportunities to sing this weekend. Friday night Tom and attended a dinner in the home of an Amish family. This family provides a a traditional “Amish Wedding Feast” for tour groups that come through the area, and as a friend of ours helps with the tours he invited us…

Several weeks ago I visited Linda’s magnificent gardens at Clayton gardens. I’ve commented on how inspired I was before, and mentioned that I copied a few of her tricks. This is one of them: She reused the black plastic pots that her nursery plants came in, re-potted some impatiens, and sat them in a row…