home stretch

holga

i'm almost done. three more weeks of school and just two more papers to go along with the regular stuff. i'm tired of writing, i'm tired of metadata schemas, and i'm tired of not reading for fun. just 2 or so more years! i'm finding small escapes every now and then. last week i read about camera bag on leigh's blog and used it at flora grubb over the weekend. take a photo, apply a filter, and your shot is transformed.

lolo

instant

this break brought to you by my fried brain.

redd zinn

it's been very gray and cold in sf the last few days. 56 degrees here right now, i wonder if it's warmer where leigh is. the npr morning weather forecast threatens sun, but it never comes out. i've been busy at home, but a few times a day i walk to the front porch to gaze upon my freshly planted containers full of zinnias. then i smile and go back to work. i need to get out more.

greening

we had a great weekend at the cabin and a lot of green things passed through our fingers. money, herbs, plants, pots, wine bottles..... we found some estate sales and ended up with a few odds and ends. we even lot a lamp (a very tiny one) for $4. we need more light in the kitchen, specifically under the cabinets, so this little lamps works fine for that. albert really wants to get a ceiling fixture and shade from schoolhouse electric to replace the fluorescent box light that we can't stand. i just hate overhead lighting in general, so my goal is lamps lamps and more lamps. we still haven't gotten to the tiling job. we need to lay out the tiles to decide on the pattern and borrow a tile saw. we got home late last night and i was up way past my normal bed time. i dreamt of someone stealing out water from the cabin hose (our first water bill for the cabin was very high) and woke up feeling fuzzy. then i sat down at my computer to read my cell phone bill was $440.43! i got that straightened out and my blood pressure is back to normal now. my day is off from waking up an hour later than usual. i just finished 2nd breakfast.

mikado

i walked down to the church street apothecary (yes, that name is now "illegal") this week to grab a little gifty for bonnie and saw this funky plant called mikado. i needed something to put into the pot portion of the set of ceramics my dad bought in greece back in the day... probably 40 years ago. this thing is so cute, looks sort of space age and i like that contrast with the pot. i love this little pot as well, it's self lined with a removable inner pot that is red clay. apparently the mikado's blooms last for up to 10 weeks, they are just little buds now. my dad will be excited to see the set on display. i didn't realize this photo was so blurry, but i'm too lazy to go take another one.