Well.
I've been doing a lot of this:
that is to say, reading (although I have been playing with my DSLR, I'm just not...how do you say...confident enough to start talking about that Just Yet). I'm reading a three-novel volume of Stephen King's earliest works. This is Jim's copy and, I think, was picked up at a thrift store, but you can find it here if it interests you--and it should. I'm reading Carrie now (just started, actually) but I found The Shining disturbing and intriguing--and much different from the movie in some very important ways. Salem's Lot was a wonderful example of how rhythmic King's writing is, it just carried me away. I loved it.
(The same table, a few days later.) I've also been working very, very hard on some projects at home. Keeps me out of trouble.
I have a new-found love of my iPhone camera and, more importantly, the incredible view of the sky that Jim and I are lucky enough to have from one of our many windows. I mean, look at that.
(An aside: I vow to teach myself at least enough Photoshop to be able to erase that telephone line from these fantastic pictures. And failing to do that, will bake enough chocolate chip cookies for the Comcast people that they will move it for me.)
I'm glad we had this talk.
Here are some more lovelies:
This pink and blue one kills me. It's like cotton candy on fire. Stunning.
I've been up to some fermenting. Jim's mom and dad bought me Canning for a New Generation for Christmas this year, and while I've been eying the jams, I haven't gotten around to testing any out. I did, however, jump headfirst into making kimchi!
More details later. (Spoiler alert: it was a success!)
In "apartment improvement" news, I've been sloooowly updating my frame collage wall:
I've also taken up my wings again and started working Saturdays in the bakery to help out during the busy season. The cake fairy has returned!
And she's tempted to wear costume wings to work.
And now, what we've all been waiting for:
Fall is coming! Although not as soon as this tree behind my apartment seems to think it is. It was 84 degrees when I took this photo, but smells like crunchy leaves. The anticipation for fall weather is killing me, but so is the absolute dread of winter commutes.
Let's not talk about it.
And finally, I've been hanging out an awful lot with this elegant lady:
Just kidding about the elegant part. She was off the couch and rolling around on the carpet within moments of this grainy photo being taken. But I love her!
I think, before, I got a little too caught up in the bigness of what starting a blog could mean, and not enough in the funness.* So my sincerest apologies for not being around. Change is in the air!
More soon. Much more.
*That's me, making up words since 1987.
I've been doing a lot of this:
that is to say, reading (although I have been playing with my DSLR, I'm just not...how do you say...confident enough to start talking about that Just Yet). I'm reading a three-novel volume of Stephen King's earliest works. This is Jim's copy and, I think, was picked up at a thrift store, but you can find it here if it interests you--and it should. I'm reading Carrie now (just started, actually) but I found The Shining disturbing and intriguing--and much different from the movie in some very important ways. Salem's Lot was a wonderful example of how rhythmic King's writing is, it just carried me away. I loved it.
(The same table, a few days later.) I've also been working very, very hard on some projects at home. Keeps me out of trouble.
I have a new-found love of my iPhone camera and, more importantly, the incredible view of the sky that Jim and I are lucky enough to have from one of our many windows. I mean, look at that.
(An aside: I vow to teach myself at least enough Photoshop to be able to erase that telephone line from these fantastic pictures. And failing to do that, will bake enough chocolate chip cookies for the Comcast people that they will move it for me.)
I'm glad we had this talk.
Here are some more lovelies:
This pink and blue one kills me. It's like cotton candy on fire. Stunning.
I've been up to some fermenting. Jim's mom and dad bought me Canning for a New Generation for Christmas this year, and while I've been eying the jams, I haven't gotten around to testing any out. I did, however, jump headfirst into making kimchi!
More details later. (Spoiler alert: it was a success!)
In "apartment improvement" news, I've been sloooowly updating my frame collage wall:
(Apologies for the photo quality...will get a better one when conditions allow). I'm taking my time because, well...frame are expensive! Buying one is no biggie, but when you have a larger space to fill, it gets pricey. It's a work in progress, but every frame that I add makes me grin as I walk by.
I've also taken up my wings again and started working Saturdays in the bakery to help out during the busy season. The cake fairy has returned!
And she's tempted to wear costume wings to work.
And now, what we've all been waiting for:
Fall is coming! Although not as soon as this tree behind my apartment seems to think it is. It was 84 degrees when I took this photo, but smells like crunchy leaves. The anticipation for fall weather is killing me, but so is the absolute dread of winter commutes.
Let's not talk about it.
And finally, I've been hanging out an awful lot with this elegant lady:
Just kidding about the elegant part. She was off the couch and rolling around on the carpet within moments of this grainy photo being taken. But I love her!
I think, before, I got a little too caught up in the bigness of what starting a blog could mean, and not enough in the funness.* So my sincerest apologies for not being around. Change is in the air!
More soon. Much more.
*That's me, making up words since 1987.
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