Posted in Bird Love, Nature Love, Photo Love on May 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
During my bird watching adventure this weekend, I was standing on the deck with my lens pointed toward the far horse pasture, closest to the pond, when I glimpsed the head of what I thought to be a Ring-necked pheasant.
I darted down the stairs, over the wooden fence, through two other pastures, over a metal [...]
Posted in Bird Love, Nature Love, Photo Love on May 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Bird Love, Photo Love on May 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Dear Max
I would love to see your bird call book. I’ve been wanting this Bird Songs book for a long time now.
Here is my Mourning Dove:
And here is my Great Blue Heron:
I wish they were more detailed photos for your research. Sheri has up-close photos of the Mourning Dove and the Great Blue Heron. [...]
Posted in Bird Love, Nature Love, Photo Love on May 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I keep my Familiar Birds of the Northwest book on my desk beside my front window. I dog-ear the pages that have the birds I’ve caught glimpses of. But we have a killer cat and a bird dog, so the birds mostly stay at bay. Occasionally I’m privy to a hover here, a [...]
Posted in Nature Love, Photo Love on May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Autumn Wilder, Sewing Love on May 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This last weekend, in the middle of Saturday night, while I watched or rather listened to Superbad, I sewed my very first article of clothing (well outside of a hat, scarf or slippers).
I was so excited, I could hardly contain myself. I didn’t use a pattern or look up how to get the elastic [...]
Posted in Nature Love, People We Love on May 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When I was a kid, every day after school, I would walk to my grandparent’s house. In the spring, the lilacs would bloom, the buttercups would peak up out of the grass and the lily of the valley would bow their heads. I always kept watch on the budding happenings in the yard. [...]
Posted in Adventures, Is it Dessert?, Let's Celebrate, Nature Love, Photo Love, Uncategorized on May 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The perfect way to kick off summer (and experiment with my new Rebel.)
Amy, lives on top of Luna Park Cafe, so her house and garden are literally on the roof. She is also super crafty, funky and loves to do things like have a garden party. Everything around her is color and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Because even though I’ve been just the intsyist-bit stupefyingly (stop going to work/leave the gas-oven on too long) depressed lately. That even my bestest of bests don’t know what to do with me, there are always those few of you I can ALWAYS depend on to let me be my funny, reject self in spite [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 12, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Today I turn 35. And you would think that I would feel at least a day over 12. But I don’t. I still feel that awkward, pre-pubescent, incongruent displacement with the rest of the world.
I so often don’t feel like I fit in yet. In with other moms, at work, in [...]
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