favorite thing to do

his favorite pastime is chasing tennis balls at the beach. he's developed a new language for the seaside- it's very musical and he never uses it anywhere else. so as soon as it gets warm, we usually take him at least once during the weekend. it's not the fanciest of beaches but it's clean, uncrowded and close so we love it!

this stuff happens all the time

it's a big part of why i like my 'hood. there are bits i don't like...the odd gunshot for instance- but this i can dig:

in the hiz

for the most part i'm pretty happy with my house tho i have been called, on occasion, "the constant decorator" because it might appear, from the outside, that i am never satisfied. i prefer to think of it as work in progress or a house-shaped hyper-color mood ring that i live in. i do a lot of re-painting. i have been known to re-do floors. several times. in one week.



i'm pretty stoked i found another banjo teacher. i think it's really important (for me) to have hobbies. especially since the day i make it as a fashion designer is seeming more and more remote...sigh.

pretty (dog) days

tiny gladiators

then and before then

so i was going through my photo archives, trying to get errrrganized and backup and whatnot when i came across some images from when we first moved here during the hothot summer of 2005, just before The Storm. it's sometimes just so special to go through old photos and get to see things for the first time all over again.

day parades

even death needs a lolli sometimes i 'spose

enough said (happy mardi gras y'all)

in new orleans:

it's sunny while it rains.
and even though it's friday and there are parades tonight, and all weekend, i'm not minding the rain so much cause it's still sunny and it brings our peppers back.

this weekend

i've been sickasadog this week and as such have done none of the bamillion things i wanted to do:

like finish the durn dress for my friends wedding (tho i did actually finish the pattern...)

or put up the crown molding in the library/sewing room/office/dining room (our house is small kay?)
or write the letter to my friend jessica i've been meaning to write
or install the glow plugs and headlights in my beautiful but temperamental car
or purchase the shuttlecock for my bargain badminton rackets (25 cents heckyeah!)

so i'm stayin in tonight for soup so i'm perky enough tomorrow to tackle my list...