Working on my new album and dreaming of spring.

Hi everyone,

This is my first post! As you can tell, I'm new to the whole blogging scene... 

Today I'm holed up at home, feeding logs into the fire on a brilliantly sunny but freezing February day. Yesterday I awoke to the sound of rain and a balmy temperature of 7 degrees.  By nightfall it was -17 C. Very weird.

So it's a perfect day to stay home and finish writing the booklet for my new CD. I'm really excited about this project. The band played so beautifully on it, and I had such a blast recording it over two very cold, snowy days this January. I hope you'll like the final result! I've posted some clips on a new website: kissmelikethat.com.  

There are some song clips on there, as well as a lot of interesting info about each song and how it relates to astronomy, the sky, the stars. I've also tried to find nice photos that illustrate each of the songs. The NASA website was so helpful in this. They're very generous with their pictures, in that many are public domain and copyright-free. There are also some pictures from the recording session. In the coming weeks, we'll add video and more song clips and photos. It's very much a work in progress.

Tomorrow I'll start sprouting some tomato seeds so I can start off my seedlings in March. To me, that's one of the great joys of gardening. I get to dream of spring while there's still snow on the ground... Last year I had to grow all my toms in containers, because my neighbours have black walnuts on either side. This year, I'll be trying Mel Bartholomew's 'Square Foot Gardening' method for the first time. I made two 4' x 4' raised bed boxes last fall. They're all lined and ready to be filled with compost and earth in the spring. 

According to Mel, you can grow 32 different crops in those two boxes, one in each square foot. I'll be reserving at least seven for my tomato plants. Opalka, bright lights, white and red currant, sweeties, beefstakes and yellow boy. Mmmm. My mouth is watering just thinking about it!