garden...

one more time. cause this is fun.

it's amazing what a little water and sunshine can do...  :)

garden work...

so. today was a crazy productive day. i woke up early and planted my seedlings (zinnias & marigolds) and then planted some seeds (sunflowers & daisies) in the bed around the grass. i fertilized the roses and weeded all over the place. i'm excited for everything to grow! 

i also got the garden planted. this year i'm trying my hand at a salsa garden. i planted tomatoes and peppers and jalapeños. but i did plant zucchini and summer squash too. i just love zucchini bread too much not to plant them. ooh...i also got my basil and cilantro planted. funny story. i found these red tins at goodwill and had an idea. i painted them and voila! they are now my herb containers. pretty cute right? (ps... i'm looking for a third herb... what should i plant? i'm leaning towards another cilantro... since i am planning on making lots of salsa this summer. ideas?)

anyway. remember that one time that i told you how much chowder loves mud and water? [see here.] yeah. he also has an interest in newly planted plants... last year he dug up my jojoba plants. i knew i needed to do something about that this year... so dad built me this super neat fence from some scrap wood and then i white washed it.  it's seriously adorable. and it is now proudly safe-guarding my new plants. winner! i sure love my dad for letting me have a garden... and then helping me with it. he sure is cool.

dad mowed the grass today for the first time this year. it's already looking greener. anyway. it doesn't look like we did a whole lot today, but we did. and i did get sunburned today... first time of the year! it was totally worth it though... this is gonna be a great year. much greener than normal (in our backyard at least). haha....

 this morning....

this afternoon.... do you see the difference? i swear it's there!

and don't you worry. i'll post more as everything starts to grow and we work more :)

oh the memories...

so i had a photo shoot on saturday... we went up mt. lemmon for some engagement shoots. it was cold... and at the end of the shoot it starting snowing. fun right? yeah... i can handle snow in small increments, but it just got me to thinking about my time in provo. it's hard to believe it was 3 years ago when i was blogging all of those silly somewhat dramatical posts about snow. i may have been over exaggerating how horribly unfun snow is, but i said what i said and i'll stand by it till the end. remember those? about my giant ice-scrapper and watering left eye and falling in front of the hogi yogi and learning that snow blowers don't actually blow and the snow is death monologue... yeah. hahaha... good times.

well anyway... back to my wonderful arizona. it's been cold lately. cold like it is 37* right now (and that is cold, kelsey! don't judge me!). i even had to cover up my plants last night because it was supposed to freeze. and it did. the grass was all types of frosty this morning... it's not quite snow, but it's close enough. 

time for hot chocolate. 

hasta.

just real quick...

nicole and i got back from country thunder today... after being there since wednesday. it was killer fun... and i'm a bit pooped. we only took one or two pictures of us, so once i get that from her i'll do a little post about it, but wow was it fun! so anyway. here's a quick little post, then i'm off to bed!  :)

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i got home and was watering some plants when i saw this neat little thing....

we must have some harvester ants or something, but i saw this and was reminded of the british artist andy goldsworthy. i was first introduced to his art in my photography class at byu. its absolutely beautiful stuff... he works with things found in nature... hardly anything man-made or permanent. anyway... his stuff its totally worth checking out. it really is pretty brilliant. [click here if your interested.]

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also... mom and i [and soon, kelsey too] have started a little quilting project. some women in my family's ward have put together this quilting group... and mom and i are doing it too. we are starting on an "easy" quilt, which is a good thing since neither of us have really ever quilted before. hopefully it will end up looking something like this...

but this is my fabric...

and this is mom's....

pretty cute, eh? im really excited about it all! i get to go to a little lesson on how to use my sewing machine tomorrow morning, woot woot!... and then we really start quilting! i think it will be a super fun new project... anyway, wish us luck!! :)

photo shoot with larry...

larry is 91 days old today... how old does that make him in plant years? 91 years? haha... maybe. he looks like hes an old man now... with his graying grass hair! how how he makes me smile! 

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also... i planted my little acorn seeds! yes... i said seedS (multiple)! i have a dozen soon to be acorn trees! i suppose it is a little lame that i get such a kick out of this... but whatev. i love it! :) 

+ happiness...

alright... first of all- happy valentines day, friends! i love you all!

second of all... i planted some happy little plants of saturday. i got some pansies going for mom [for the front and back yard]. i re-potted [and thinned] the basil and cilantro and my 3 little baby sunflowers and a strawberry plant. and! my yucca have sprouted and looking all types of cool... so i planted them too! and!! the jojoba have some wicked huge roots developing so i got those in a pot too! [i tried to take a picture, but im afrain it didnt turn out super well.]

and here is the most exciting news of all! are you ready for this? i have one little tiny acorn root starting to form! woot woot! that means someday... i will have a little baby oak tree... and then many many somedays after that i will have a big oak tree! sigh. that just makes me so happy! im pretty sure my mom thinks im insane.... but i dont care... i just love this!

yay! :)

a new project...

"one who plants a garden, plants happiness."

so my dad came home last night and i was showing him pictures from that last post... and apparently he has been picking up seeds from all over southern arizona with intentions to plant them. as y'all know... he is a mighty busy man, so i offered to do it for him! he brought me some acorns, bird of paradise seeds, yucca & jojoba seeds. so i went to lowe's today and got one of those jiffy greenhouse and peat pellet kits. im trying a few different methods with the acorns [best i can tell, they are arizona white oak] because i would love LOVE for those to actually germinate. how pooping cool would that be in 50 years when im about to kick the bucket to look out the window and see this giant oak tree that i planted? im pretty sure that would just be amazing. anyway. from my research it will be a month or more until any growth is actually visible. oh... i also planted some flower seeds... mexican hat [of the red variety] and blue lupine, i believe. anyway. i suppose now we wait to see what happens...

:)