This morning, I had another photo shoot. It involved getting up *before* the crack of dawn and driving 60 miles north. ( ... )

Being at the SEF autumn retreat was what I needed this weekend. ( More... )

What I've been up to lately: I took on a(nother) part time job to help pay off the car. I'm working as a photographer, taking pictures of youth sports teams. After several training sessions, yesterday was my first real shoot, for a town's-worth of soccer teams ( Read more... )

If you're going to use your tent after it has sat in the closet for over 10 years, be sure to look through it before you leave for vacation. You might have borrowed parts of it for other projects over the years and not put them back ( Read more... )

Saturday ended up being really nice weather after all. Yay! I have no idea what happened to the forecast of rain for Saturday. We went to the blues festival and sat in the sun all day, heard a lot of good music, and tried a bunch of microbrews. Well, justjanus tried the microbrews, primarily... I don't like beer. I gamely sampled *one*, because it had fruit ( Read more... )

A few days ago, I noticed that the grapes in my garden are starting to turn color, what with these cool nights we've been getting. I thought, I must get some netting on them soon if I want to have anything to make wine out of this year ( Read more... )

Beach day accomplished! I'm sorry that it's over so soon, but it was great while it lasted.

We drove down to Onset after justjanus's dentist appointment in the morning, and hung out on the beach all afternoon. ( more... )

I am getting a reputation in all of the post offices near my town as "the odd woman who won't buy the Ronald Reagan stamps ( Read more... )

Have a wonderful day, wherever you are today, lizziebelle! Keep cool.

I'll bet you're wearing leopard spots somewhere on your person.

Looking forward to seeing you this weekend!

(Oh, by the way, I hear it's Butch Patrick's birthday, too. Heh!)

From a detective novel set in ancient Rome:

"Garden festivals and regrettable behavior have always gone together. People only have to put a prickly wreath of leaves and apples around their necks and they start to think about life surging in all the wrong places."

-Lindsey Davis, Ode to a Banker (part of the Falco series)