i've grown things in years past, but never from seed.  this year has been a first actually starting seedlings indoors.

i harvested my first vegetable the other day.  it was unbelievably exciting.  i say this partially tongue in cheek, but even though it was just a lonely radish, i was pretty excited.  yep, i've turned into a garden dork.  i like to watch plants grow.

and on one of my famously unrelated side notes, last night we said goodbye to our good friends, jennifer and adrian (+ super smart and adorable baby caleb).  adrian is going to be a rockstar ranger in the australian outback, so they are relocating back to his homeland.  we're going to miss you guys!

these photos are from a couple of weeks ago, not actually last night.  you wouldn't want to see us after our ridiculously fun, monsoon-drenched walk back from lemongrass.  wet rats anyone?  it started gushing right before we left to go back to their house.  it poured the whole walk home and then stopped two minutes after we got inside.  it was the most fun i've had in a long, long time.  who knew?