six exams to go

Today was windy again - 15-25 mph winds, according to the weather app. It was so nice to have my window open for the morning and afternoon, the wind blowing in, rustling my exam pages.  

I painted this a few weeks ago. I painted it with watercolors, straight onto the glass of the frame - I don't think I'll keep it forever, or anything, it was just an experiment. I remembered that quote for Marilyn Monroe that I really love: "I don't care about making money, I just want to be wonderful." What do you think of the glass painting? I couldn't decide if she looked too sloppy. Ah well. :)

I've been re-reading Crown Duel. It's this book that I loved when I was a tween. See the creases in the spine? :) It's a fantasy novel, I suppose, set in a world of kingdoms and magic things like Fire Sticks and Summons Stones and a royal court with all the trimmings. I love the cheesiness of it all, it makes me smile.

A pic of a sketch I drew while listening to Economics 101 lectures on YouTube. That was awhile ago, but I really liked it... the drawing and the lectures. And obviously, the other pic was today's lunch. It struck me as really pretty, so I snapped a shot.

So, I have six exams to go now. Five, after I finish what I'm working on tonight. This is really exciting for me!! =) So close.

the summery day before yesterday

These are some shots from the summery day before yesterday... Photo credit to Quinn on the pic above. :)



We have this amazing forsythia plant that is devouring the large cedar tree at the top of the yard. It is spilling down from the middle of the tree in cascades of yellow flowers. It's so pretty.

 

Picture on the right - opossum jaw bones. An opossum killed one of our chickens - Little Chick - a few months ago. Dad shot it and thew its body down in this little valley at the back of our yard. Me and Quinn were exploring and we found its jaw bones, vertebrae and hip bones. Pretty cool, really.

And to end with a sweet picture of Lucy.

Goodnight, readers! Tomorrow is supposed to be terribly windy and warm! I hope you do something fun with it.

luxury

A long walk outside in the glorious weather, wearing shorts and a t-shirt. Then dinner while watching the first episodes of Brothers & Sisters. And when you start watching Brothers & Sisters, getting up and doing other things just doesn't feel like a priority. Wink wink.

I'm halfway finished with my quilt! Halfway! I've decided not to post pictures of the full quilt until I'm all the way done. 

Brothers & Sisters is a great show. :) Mom started watching it while I was on a homework kick, but when she started it, she SKIPPED the first three episodes. O.O Crazy. So we went back and watched those - of course, only they introduced the fundamentals of the show. Well, I didn't get to see the first or second season, so one episode led to another... :) I wanted to get a picture of Kevin, because Matthew Rhys is my new favorite person. And not just because I found out he's Welsh (the real reason is because he's awesome and Welsh). But Kitty/Calista will have to do.

Its so late, but... should I work out? Hmm.

windy

Today was really, really windy. A whipping wind, but it was such a warm sun - I wore a tank top. I even got a bit of a sunburn from lying around on our picnic blanket, basking. It was so lovely.

My camera hasn't been working for a few months - the shutter assembly was defective (according to Canon) - and I've only just had it back in my hands, in working order. I had forgotten how small the viewfinder and back screen are. Using this camera is like a mix between using film and digital - there is still quite a bit of mystery as to how your picture is going to look later, because all you can see of a preview is thumbnail-sized.

I love it, regardless.

I should probably mention that the picture above on the left is of a make-shift hammock. I've been making sheet hammocks since I was old enough to tie. Usually we made them on our Quadro, but we've been known to use trees with low branches and the frame of our large trampoline. I'm a bit too big for the trampoline frame now, so replacing our tree swing with a sheet hammock was my only option today. (There is a blanket inside to illustrate the shape - too windy without a weight!)

The grass is getting greener so rapidly. We can see the change each time we go for walks. For the most part, wild onions are making the color change, but there are also those little purple flowers and regular grass. Quinn even found a bright yellow dandelion.

Mom thought it would be fun if Henry and I went "exploring." He liked that idea, so we took the egg basket and found random objects around the yard. A chicken feather, a leaf, a pecan, a rock, and a dandelion. Eggs added later. :)

Now that Blogger has fixed up their post editor - pics can be enlarged with ONE click, not seventy-two changes to the HTML - I'm going to continue blogging regularly. I already have lots of pics that I want to post here. So, I'll be back tomorrow with at least one picture for you.

a twenties-inspired watercolor

First thing I've painted in ages! Next... watercolor version of the X-Files poster in Mulder's office. Oh yeahhhh. It's already all penciled out. :D

jamie's dress day

Jamie invited all the girls in the family to go wedding dress shopping with her today - it was lots of fun, thanks for letting us come along! Jamie tried on all kinds of dresses and liked a bunch, but this one was the best of the best, don't you think? O.O We took fabulous pictures before it tried to eat her up:

seventh

I was going to recap my week and realized that 1) the week was not over and 2) I don't remember what happened in it, apart from watching too much Prison Break. And knowing that I got an email that Netflix sent us Date Night. Isn't my life just amazingly complex? I'm not too worried about it, though, I'm sure it will be soon enough and I'm going to wish that Netflix was my biggest concern.

I did patch up my apron, finally. It's a very old apron (which I love to death). It belonged to my sister's husband's step-mother's mother, I'm pretty sure - so, not really in the family, but not a yardsale buy. It's had holes in the front for ages, which is a problem when things splash on you. So I finally patched it while we watched escaped convicts try to evade capture. :)

Henry has been having tea parties with me. Well, its happened twice, anyhow. He's so cute about it, he holds the pot with two hands, one on the handle and one under the spout, like an adult, and pours us cups of water. And I ask him questions like, "so, Henry, how was your day?" and he makes a face and says "hmmmm." Too funny.



I finally brought my film to CVS today, so that will be coming around soon, if any of it is worth looking at. Unfortunately, me and my inexperienced-with-film self accidentally processed a roll that wasn't used. Lame.

Next fun thing? Pottery class is next week, and I'm bringin' my camera.

micah - full post

So Logan and Erin have a baby now. It's a pretty funny thought, really... It's been just the two of them for so long (if you don't count Chi). I spent a lot of time with them last fall, this spring and summer and it's funny to think that they will never go back to that time. If I come to visit, there will be no more waking up too late to get things done, or sitting down to breakfast and not getting up until we realize we're hungry again (aka I realize I'm hungry again) and three hours have been sunk while talking about random things. And now there might be someone in the house who is more demanding about food than I am when I'm there. o.o That's just a possibility, though. ;)

At the risk of being cliché and a bit sentimental, I think Micah will be the best thing that has happened to L&E since they met each other. I can't wait to go stay and see what he's changed and what has stayed the same. (Though, seeing as I haven't barged in and camped out, I am waiting very patiently!)


So, I think Micah is pretty cute. Logan isn't into newborn looks, never has been, but ya know, I don't think they're so bad. Micah is particularly cute, I think, for a newborn...






These pics were taken when Micah was two days old. Logan and Erin were already talking as though they'd had M for weeks. "He usually calms down when I burp him." My favorite line of the day, keyword being "usually."



I love that one.

I'm pretty excited to have a new name in the family - I think it's a fetching name, too. It did take a few days to get used to saying - it's an entirely new name, and it gives an entirely new feeling toward the previously nameless Baby. I've always been into names. I have this book called The Secret Universe of Names that I bought from the sale bin of a bookstore. L&E had it for ages, trying to find names they liked. Turns out, they never considered the name Micah until they were at the hospital and never looked it up in the book. Little did they know that the description of MK named people sounds Logan-ish, no joke. It's eerie.

That was a lot of writing, for me. Golly. Thanks for reading my blog, by the way. :)

P.S. Christina, I have the book waiting for you, so next time we see each other or Mom goes to a meeting, it's all yours!

fifth

The preying mantis is back. Remember him from this post? I've had this blog for a quite awhile, haven't I? I mean, awhile for an 18-year-old. It seems like eons ago that I started it, started posting really small pictures taken with Mom's point-and-shoot (I mean no disrespect towards the point-and-shoot, it's an excellent little camera for what it is). I feel older, and yet, when I read the things that I wrote three or four years ago, I find that I'm often still thinking about the same thoughts and taking the same photos, only with different attitudes or views or music powering me.



This weather is amazing. That's my excuse for taking (and posting, what!?) a few self-portraits before my shower, greasy and all - the weather makes me feel awesome, even if I don't look awesome. Makes me pull out my long red dress. And the windows open at night! Love.



I love my bathroom window.



I've been knitting again - ran out of yarn for my tank top, so I moved on to some baby wraps for Sara to use at newborn shoots. Unfortunately, it is in our fiscal interest to use acrylic yarn (soft acrylic), so to take my mind off of the squeaking needles, we've been watching Prison Break. I know, the show is old news, but I think it's great. *coughwentworthcoughmillercough*

For those of you (how many of you are there, anyway?) who didn't see Micah's pictures on Facebook, I'll be posting them later tonight, I think.