Katie Krueger's Snippets of Gratitude

Yesterday I finished my sweaty jog at our garden plot and, with labored breath, started poking around in our strawberry patch. Pushing aside the broad leaves with my palm, I spotted about a dozen red berries hiding near the ground. Some have already gone rotten, after only days of neglect, the ground-side of them now [...]

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Yesterday, I sat outside all day selling tomato plants. After an entire day, we sold all of the plants we wanted to. Now we have 8 left for our garden and a few to give away to friends. It was a perfect spring day and I was happy to be sitting in between the two [...]

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When my Dad suggested we order 100 tomato plants from my uncle (the grower) and sell them, I kinda thought he was kidding. Sure enough, last weekend we drove up to the Fox Valley and loaded 80 plants in the car. Now, I have to find people who need tomatoes for their garden! A little [...]

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Our community garden plot is only a 4 minute run (3:56 to be precise) from our house; a perfect warm up. On my latest run, I stopped by to check out the action and, oh boy, things are looking good.  Today, I am grateful for all the signs of life in our garden, which include: [...]

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Sitting on the front steps, I am the only sign of wakefulness in the neighborhood. Insomnia strikes after midnight. It has been drizzling and suddenly the rain picks up, coming down faster and fogging the air. The recently thawed earth to my right is  covered in leaf mulch, but gives way to sprouting crocuses. As [...]

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A few days ago, in the Isthmus Flickr Pool, I saw a photo of a crocus bud pushing out of the soil. I commented and asked if it was a)taken in Madison and b) taken this year. The next day, the photographer responded (yes and yes) and posted another photograph of the tenacious little thing [...]

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