Meet Kristine

Toward the end of school, Eva came home with a bean plant they had started at school from seed. It lived in its clear plastic cup for quite a while, and finally a week or two ago, we planted it in the dirt between our house and our beloved neighbor, Irish. Irish is a real gardener, and she will be disappointed to see that I took the picture before she taught Eva to weed! Anyway, as we were getting ready to plant the bean plant, I said I had saved the wire stand from my friend Kristine's campaign sign to use as a support for the plant. Somehow Eva thought when I said, "Kristine's stand" that I meant the plant was named Kristine. It stuck! So meet . . .

Kristine!