Day Sixty-Six

It's been a bit of a morning so far. I'm all disgruntled and frustrated and antsy. But why should you suffer for it? I offer you a picture that makes me smile--and is yet another in the series out my car window coming up to a stoplight.

I love that the tiger lilies are in bloom. With highs in the 60s this week, it's like having the best of two seasons--the cool of spring and the riotous flowers of summer.

Day Sixty-Five

We all have our talents, our God-given gifts. The sun gives life, heat, light, all of that, sure. But what he really loves is painting. And he's quite the artist, don't you think?

Bonus post

My friend Melissa added a new link to her photo blog: I Heart Faces (click on the button above to head to their website and check out all the fun pictures yourself!). I, being the photo junkie that I am, clicked on it "immediately and to oncet."

It was thusly that I discovered their weekly photo contest. This week is all about wedding bells. I would have linked straight to my original entry of this picture (which can be found here ) but it also includes a picture of tulips and two pictures is a no-no. So here's a brand new entry with just Amy's lovely, contemplative face. I love the quiet of this moment before the ceremony.



For those of you who don't know, I don't have Photoshop so there's not much I could do with this picture--for instance, I can't take out the bits of tape on the walls. So what you see is pretty much what you get, folks! :)

Day Sixty-Four

Man, posting on Mondays takes forever sometimes. Sorry about that.

Yesterday, I FINALLY got to see Up. And I'm so very glad. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. I was expecting to laugh a lot, and while I did laugh, I actually found it more moving than funny. Which, believe it or not, was a very good thing.



Strangely, I was also very moved by the short that opens the film. A different flavor, but I appreciated it quite a lot.

Day Sixty-Three

Last week I wanted frozen, melon-tasting popsicles. The closest I could find was a set of these Italian ice things called "PhillySwirls." Melon, lemon, cherry, strawberry, different twists of flavors.

I've been eating them all week long while watching my new Season One Chuck DVDs.



They were tasty.



They were pretty in a way that did not translate well to film.



And now they're gone--except for the raspberry swirled one, which I've saved for my sister.

Day Sixty-Two

Instead of bottled water, the Cherry Deli serves boxed water.



Seems it's better for the earth. There's even a website about it: www.boxedwaterisbetter.com

All I know is that it's refreshing, adorably designed...and plants seem to appreciate its existence.


"I love you, boxed water!" says my little tree. "I give you hugs!"

Day Sixty-One

I caught this little bird sitting on this post doing a strange St. Vitus's dance of fluff and furbelow. I could not imagine what the lad was doing, but he was into it enough that he took no notice of me taking a picture.

Here it cries, "Behold me, all you lesser beings! I am mighty! I am brave! I am he of whom sparrow ladies dream and for whom they swoon!"



"For," he continued, "I am the brawniest of hunters. I have felled the great bug of the ages, the likes of which no one has before seen."

And lo, I saw the bug. And it was mighty, indeed.



Oh, brave, brave Sir Sparrow!