{"id":108528,"date":"2026-03-07T16:21:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T20:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=108528"},"modified":"2026-03-07T16:21:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T20:21:44","slug":"thinking-of-kris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=108528","title":{"rendered":"thinking of Kris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When the blog Late to the Garden Party, a steadying presence appearing on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, abruptly stopped at Monday, I wrote yesterday:  &#8220;Hi Kris &#8212; what a disturbance in my world when there&#8217;s no Wed\/Friday posts by you.\u00a0 Just letting you know your garden musings are missed &#8212; maybe a Blogger issue?&#8221;  This morning Kris&#8217; husband Jeff responded that Kris has some medical issues and will resume blogging as soon as she&#8217;s able.  So we&#8217;ll all have to be patient until that kind, thoughtful voice rejoins our online community.  Feel better soon, Kris! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image.png 800w, https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-768x515.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;High up on a windy hill, on the site of an old quarry, two people level and plant and build and dig and move rock to mend a gouge in the earth. Each night cautious paws softly explore the smooth, hand-laid paths, releasing the scent of thyme into the night as the garden darkens and the builders briefly rest.&#8221;  (lath house Jeff built for Kris, AGO 2018)<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the blog Late to the Garden Party, a steadying presence appearing on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, abruptly stopped at Monday, I wrote yesterday: &#8220;Hi Kris &#8212; what a disturbance in my world when there&#8217;s no Wed\/Friday posts by you.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=108528\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[2281],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paNJ2E-ses","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108528"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108528"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108564,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108528\/revisions\/108564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}