My name is Kristin. I am the gardener, illustrator, and keeper of bizarre cat stories recorded on this site. I am gardening in the hot, rainy, clay-soil of southwest Houston, Texas – the Gulf Coast prairies and marshes. I think this part of the world is a gardening paradise, and I am thankful for the opportunity to try my hand at it.

The process of gardening is a joy in itself, but keeping a record of it can be equally fun. I am not sure why that is? But, I find myself returning to the process over and over again: gardening, photographing the results (sometimes lovely, sometimes tragic) and writing about it.

My husband and I are the caretakers of quite a few opinionated boy-cats who enjoy regaling us with their wild stories. I do not have their permission to share these stories with the world, but it has not stopped me yet. They refer to us as “Mr. and Mrs. Idiot.”

I do have one idea why a site like this is so fun:

Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.

- Mary Oliver