The Odds and Ends

We also have a lot of plants around the yard: the path leading to the front door is lined with thyme and oregano; the the path to the back yard has fragrant mint taking over the side of the house, and we (by "we" I mean "Will" of course) planted a little blueberry twig, elephant ears, and also a grape vine (sorry no pictures of this yet).

Our Garden

This year Will, Sofie, and I planted ALOT of tomato plants, which is wierd because Will is no longer supposed to eat tomatoes due to his acid reflux, and Sofie doesn't really like tomatoes. We also have squash plants, cucumber plants, parsley (1 curly leaf and 1 Italian), bell peppers, and a strawberry plant.

The Trees

In our front yard we have a large pear tree, and it has born fruit the last couple of years. This year its fruit has appeared and turned red earlier than ever!. In the back yard we have a peach tree (last year it produced all of 6 peaches, which were delicious), and 2 apple trees, both of which are bearing fruit. We did not plant these trees, they were already here when we moved in, and I am eternally grateful.

Our Garden

This is our house, and our backyard and front yard. In our front yard we have wildflowers, and a small rosemary bush (pictured) that Will planted a couple of years ago, that looks like it's ready to bust out of its space. I'm most proud of this, because I don't ever remember having a garden like this growing up. I do remember that my mother would plant lots and lots of vegetables that we could not normally find in the stores, but this garden feels special, I guess because it's mine. So here are some spring garden pictures from Tennessee. But first, here is how Sofie enjoys the garden!

This week: New Beginnings

Having a blog is stressful, especially right here at the beginning. One is forced to focus, focus, focus: What topic(s) should I write on; what people should I highlight; and, how much is too much or too little? I am going to be able to answer these questions bit by bit, but I think some of the joy of writing is in finding the right answers (for me) for these questions. Anyway, while the thinking continues, here is a picture of Sofie and her best friend Maddy. This picture was taken by their dance studio, and will be included in the Dance Recital Program. Their recital is in one week, and hopefully I will have some video footage from that to post!

Sofie singing!

Here is my attempt at uploading a video. It is Miss Sofie Leggett, just before her bedtime, singing "O Tannenbaum." Enjoy!

Hi! Now I am going to add an image to the blog.

Here is Sofie and me in our garden. This was last summer, and we were enjoying our new patio furniture. In the left hand corner of the image is our curry plant. At least that was the name on the tag! Does anyone know if this is an actual curry plant? I remember in Malaysia we picked curry leaves off of a more tree-like plant.

What should this blog focus on?

What do you want to know most about my life? Do you want more information and photographs on Sofie? What about general academic information about the countries I've visited, and the lessons I've learned? What about food? Let me know what you think.

Here I am again, third time today! Can't stop using the exclamation point, this is so exciting! I wonder how you insert pictures and video in here.

This is craziness! What to do with all this cyberspace? Write film reviews? Chronicle the books I've read? Who should I give access to? More later, once these questions have been answered.

My First blog attempt!

Hello everyone, and welcome to my first attempt at blogging. On this blog I will post pictures, news, useful links, recipes, and anything else interesting I find. Most of the postings will of course be about Sofie.

More later,

Ida