my new love.

it's kind of tall, a little bushy, and has a whole lot of green.  what? did you think i was talking about a new man?  already? i'm not that fickle! no, silly, it's gardening.  and specifically, my garden.

ok, so it's not a garden in the ground, but it's the best i could do with my shady back areas.  Lots of herbs: mint, parsley, 2 basils, lemon balm, cilantro and some tomatoes. i wanted to plant some lettuce, but we have a lot of bugs...so i was hesitant, and then it was too late.  i can't wait until we live somewhere i can have a true garden: raised beds and every vegetable out there.  i could go on and on in an ode to fresh produce, but for now, i'll just stick to the topic at hand.  what i have: specifically, tomatoes!

first up is a fine speciman; i can't remember the name, but it's a looker.  pretty leaves and yellow buds.  just a few short weeks ago, it was tiny--maybe 3 inches tall.  at the advice of a seasoned botanist (or the cashier at the botanical garden plant sale) i stripped off more than 3/4 of it's leaves and buried it about halfway in the dirt.  and to my amazement, it's huge! now it's even outgrown the stick, so i'm wondering what to do.  (any help from the internets?)

 

 

it's even too big for a cage, i think.  but we have tomatoes! see? 

 

 

and blooms for lots more.  i can't wait. i can think of about 50 things i can do with tomatoes, and the first is to eat one like an apple.  grow fast!

oh, but the real reason i came to the internet (besides to profess my love of gardening) is to decide if this cherry tomato is just really stunted or if it's going to grow into a round bush? 

although i bought this one about 2 weeks after my first plant, it has not grown at all.  it is definitely a cherry tomato (surrounded by marigolds because did i mention the bugs?).  anyways, if any of you have a green thumb, and you read my blog...any advice is appreciated! don't you just love spring?

f is for fielder.

i had to have a good photographer, right? priority number one--even above the dress. and you know--i searched high and low. but after all of the searching and the hair-wringing, i couldn't have been happier with my photographer.  she captured every single moment that i wanted plus a ton more.  thanks, reena! here are just a few of my favorite moments, starting with f. 

so, to be fair, i predict a few more wedding posts.  even on facebook, i've only been able to narrow it down to 82! didn't she do a great job? 

pink peonies.

i call them PEE-uh-knees. my grandma calls them pee-OHN-knees.  technically, i don't know which of us is correct.  how have i lived my entire life without declaring them my favorite flower before now? lately, i've been obsessed, like used them in every single arrangement i've made, and i've done a few over the past 5 days.  i've used them as the star in mother's day bouquets and as the jumping off point for kelly's baby shower flowers.  i just can't get enough; today i whined that i wanted one for my desk at work, but i had given them all away.

it's odd. i'm not very girly-girl. ok, so with the exception of wanting a sparkly ring, i don't make typical "girl" choices at all: i don't really have any pink clothes.  and i'll almost always choose blue  / green over any shade of red or pink.  but i melt for pink peonies.  

in other news, i'm thinking of changing the blog name.  i mean, i've already completed the process of changing my last name and until we actually get to adding more names, it doesn't really work.  i have a couple of titles in mind, so i might try them out.  you'll be the first to know... and i promise to start blogging more regularly.  i've really missed this corner of the internet.