Heading to Cali!

Pamalama,

I bet you'll be able to hang out in your backyard all winter! I look forward to seeing the finished space, complete with tiki torches! What is that large metal box attached to the back of the house and what kind of fruit tree is that? Apple? Tennis ball?

We had our first snowfall in the valley today! Three inches already! I did not have my scraper in the car so I used my hand - brrrr! I miss the Moscow house and that patio. It was our first major project. That house was SO great and had so much character - and no maintenance was required! I'll have to dig up some 6th Street photos and reminisce.

I can't wait to see you this Friday! Sometimes I love having friends sprinkled around the globe, other times it stinks not being closer to the ones I love. But, this week I'll get to take advantage of all the travelling I do for work. Hurray for leadership training and the soils conference in Long Beach!

I have to share this photo with you.

It's from an amazing small designer, EmersonMade. I LOVE the shoes, but more than that, I love the deer. For some reason it reminds me of you and me! I would love to buy a special dress or suit from this company... One day when the student loans are all paid off i can dress like and adult.

Did I tell you that we started growing hops? These pictured here aren't exactly the hops that Rob and I grew - but they are from the rhizomes that I bought (and were planted in my co-workers yard). He had much better success in growing hops this summer than we did. He was ever so gracious to share half of his crop with us this year. 

This is our plant with 2 of the 4 hop buds we were able to harvest.

Maybe next year we will use fertilizer and water on our plants. The only thing that 2 soil scientists can grow is good earth.

See you in a couple days!

K

Back Yard Project

Karen!

I love your pumpkins! I think they are awesome and creative :) I have crazy plans to do a Day of the Dead pumpkin....I will post a picture if I can pull myself away from the massive cleaning & organization I am doing. I am not working his week and am able to walk around more now, so I have started going through everything, reorganizing, getting rid of stuff and cleaning. I am surprised by how good it feels to get it all done.

I have posted pictures of our back yard project. Dan and I inherited a nice table and chairs set from our neighbor Kerry when she moved. We decided to make the yard nicer so we would be more inclined to hang out back there by making a flagstone patio. It's my first yard project and I keep thinking of you and Rob putting in your brick patio! We were able to get the flagstone uber cheap from craigslist. It was fun to go to people's houses to pick up their torn up flagstone and see the upgrades they made in their yards. If you were here, we would be done in a day. It's a little bit of money, but I think it will be worth it.

One of my next projects is a vintage style apron. I will post that as well. Or you will see it this weekend :) I look forward to your visit!!

HUGS,
Pam

Pumpkin carving

Dearest Pam,

Been busy this weekend enjoying the crummy fall weather. I surprised even myself that I was so excited for rainy, cool weather. I have been waiting for an excuse to stay inside, knit, and work on decorating the living room. We had some friends over to carve pumpkins. Had you been here, we'd have been more creative - but I went with a typical pumpkin face this Halloween. I carved the one of the left.

I learned that here in Utah, the Halloween tradition is a little bit different from the rest of the country. They do something called 'trunk or treat.' Seriously - they go to their ward house (church parking lot) and parents put candy in their trunks and the kids walk around the parking lot filling up their pillow case. It's no wonder the politics in this state are so backwards - kids are taught to accept candy from cars - from someone in the trunk no less..

So, you either get some candy or have to get in the trunk? 

Miss you!
xoxo
Karen