riddles I found outside

printed fabric of a cheeky umbrella or the beak of a bird in a moldy dip of nutella?

tangled twisted nylon rope or dreadlocked and dried noodles of soap?

corroded and ancient pole on its side or pale lilly pads against a rusted red tide?

circular sprinkler or fake plastic banana birdhouse?

two toned leaf or the ear of a technicolor terrier?

leaning lichens or mini mossy minnesota?

platinum blue lawn chair or braided cobalt plastic hair?

waterproof woven wicker table or bleached and folded dust coated cable?

worn metallic boat tarp or a million tiny scales of carp?

blistered broken boat lift or a foreign planet's landscape drift?

a brotherly good visit

got a good ol' visit from my good ol' bro a few weeks ago. 

we hopped on my two bikes - he on my road bike and me on the cruiser and man, we really flew. biked all over the dang town. even accidentally biked on the highway but JUST for a litttle bittt....

talked of cat-pacities of apartment buildings (when every person that lives in the building has a cat, otherwise known as BLISS)... took my mini TV on the roof and watched the olympics... made some superb foods.. even saw "Beasts of the Southern Wild" in the theater. a full visit, indeed!

"take pictures of me skipping stones"

sing to me I say, sing!

the very first attempt at a beauty shot for the baby blue wonder machine. I guess I realize now this is where I put my bike to 'hide' it... doesn't do baby blue justice! more bike photoshoots to come.

cuddlesworth

plops in my new chair from Annette  

bunny kitty 

chelsees new stuffed animal! 

blacky likes the flowers

the garden, it grows!

I picked the very first zinnia from my garden this afternoon. then I walked around my apartment with it. then I walked back outside. for you to see my little garden! 

please disregard the trash and abandoned printer across the street.

arf arf

In longing to go on a trip- I have been sifting through the WWOOF website for potential host farms- I think I found a keeper: 

We are a small organic olive farm, not yet in production. We practice permaculture and the olives are part of a 'forest garden' which also includes 200 cork oaks, carob & other trees & shrubs. We also have a vegetable garden, fruit trees, dogs, cats, hens, bees and worms! Living in a Mediterranean climate we practice several different methods of water recycling & have a biological swimming pool. You may come and participate in all aspects of a compassionate, sustainable lifestyle. Our meals are vegan (wine is served with the evening meal) and this a non smoking place! Stays of a month or more are very much preferred. Ability to drive is an advantage. People usually book a few weeks ahead, but we sometimes have last minutes vacancies. English is normally spoken in the house, but we also are able to speak French.

In the Pyrénées-Orientales, nonetheless. 

Here's a photo of wikipedia of the Pyrénées-Orientales - so it actually might be a photo of something completely different. But I'd like to think its in France. 

hot day carpet poses

In a worthy and possibly successful attempt at cooling himself down, blackjack tries to increase his surface area by sprawling out his plump body on the rug.

is it winter yet?

Today, I slept. I slept a lot. After coming home from work during the heat of the day I was nearly paralyzed form the intense amounts of heat blowing at me from all directions. I think Blackjack must've preheated my apartment to 375˚F when I left this morning, and left it blazin' all day long. I still can't figure out why he did that. 

So I dragged my wilted, dehydrated body out of bed several hours later and went for a beautiful exciting run. By beautiful of course I mean it seemed like I could drink a full glass of water by leaving my mouth open for less than 30 seconds due to the rude amounts of humidity. By exiting, you could say it was exiting not knowing whether or not I was going to collapse due to heat exhaustion. OK, I am exaggerating here.

I came back to my sweltering apartment and knew if I turned on my oven, the building would probably spontaneously combust. SO I made cold food:

Round up some nori wraps (or collard or any type of greens), alfalfa sprouts, avocado, cucumber, carrot, green/red cabbage, any type of pepper. 

Cut 'em up! Smash up that avocado.

Since you're probably starved at this point, slap all those veggies onto the nori and then just try to wrap it up like a burrito. This part might be hard if you like to rush when you cook like me.

Done- whew! That was fast. When you roll up the nori, dip your finger into some water and use it like a glue to seal the nori together. I dipped my finished wrap into soy sauce.

I guess now I can go back to bed. 

ding dong

                                blackjack 

old pictures from my (old) room

old old summertime flowers that dried 

found this little creature on the side o' the road

one of the tiniest, loveliest things I own.

I called for moving help but all I got was this lazy happy cat

beach day

how to build a beach fort:
1. fetch an extra large white sheet
2. find various sized drift wood pieces
3. proceed in sticking these pieces into the sand
and at the same time tying some of the sheet to the sticks
4. don't build it into the wind like I did, or you'll need lots more sticks
5. lay inside beach fort and pretend your are sleeping. when a dog
comes to sniff you after he strays from his/her beach-goer- pop up and SURPRRIZE!!  

kick 

things beach forts are good for:
staying out of the sun. hiding. thinking. daydreaming. eating. reading. drawing. and other things