it's rainy and dreary here in kc, and for once, i'm ok with it. i got back a roll of film from my weekend away at a farmhouse and it was a dreary day there too. it didn't seem right to post these when the sun was blazing away. and i can't stop thinking about tea for some reason. i plan on having a cup as soon as i get home. my own little break. and i need one. tomorrow is may. MAY. i'm not quite sure how that happened, but it is gearing up to be a crazy month. things at work are shifting back to my old life. i've got lots of fieldwork on the horizon and it's a little scary trying to figure out how to make that work in conjunction with family, and david's job. time to buckle down i guess.
i don't know how to tell you this without sounding like a complete freak, so here goes...
beth and i were best friends in high school and i discovered your blog a few years ago through hers, and i've since then been a silent lurker (i know, i'm one of those people!), thoroughly enjoying glimpses of your life through your witty words and your amazing photos.
so last night i had this dream that i met you. freaky, i know, isn't it? and while i remember almost nothing of the dream itself, i do remember laughter and good food were involved, which i have a feeling would both play a part if this dream were to become a reality.
anyway, had to share. i never thought a dream would be what it took to reveal myself as a blog lurker. :) but you can ask beth...i'm really not too scary (most days). :)
seriously, may??! WTF. but i'm ok with it, may is always a good month. i hope work etc. gets sorted out. field work sounds sort of fun, though - is it?
gorgeous! i was going to say i like one the most, but then i thought i liked another best and now i've decided they are all three amazing, especially together.
many of the same: pizza, a birthday party, church, sunshine, friends, ice cream....also time at the beach, baseball, tree planting, margaritas not mojitos :)
i like your weekend a lot. we had m's parents for lunch yesterday and they brought me a couple of chairs to re-upholster. one is my first commission, eeek.
mine included: the young ones first grill out of the season a long hike wearing a beekeeper veil getting a bit of sunburn crepes with pesto listening to vinyl telling a friend goodbye
sounds lovely. any weekend that includes saltwater sandals must be marvelous!! for me: tulips, fish tacos, lots and lots of walks, laying in the sun and a bbq!
i think i'm going to have to blog a weekend list, too.
poems lots of sun sleep Giorgio Morandi at the Phillips Scarlet tanager Red-eyed vireo Lousiana waterttrush 3 kinds of woodpecker a family of white-tailed deer (the birds and deer all on Roosevelt Island) love and passion
blt's- yum! my favourite. AND pizza! lady, you live the life :)
i took way to many polarids of the huge amount of food i made. i also took bags and bags of stuff down to the thrift store in the sunshine which felt pretty darn good all round :)
pink, blue, our first porch sit. yes indeedy. i do like these things. and it's friday. pizza tonight: pepperoni, spinach & portabella. leftover icebox cake and spiked limeade. you?
all good things. god, that dogwood! we walked to the tavern down the road for dinner. among other things, we had baked mushrooms with curried blue cheese.
oh the first porch sit is an extraordinary time...my daughter and i literally sat on a concrete porch at my grandma's house (really it was a concrete step, the same one my mom sat me on in a ruffled Easter Sunday dress in the 60s)...i like your baby's privilege and the time here is infinite...we're spending the weekend together, but separate...my guy is back and forth between his garage and the house...a glass of wine for me and a near finishing a great book...dinner was jasmine rice under zucchini, corn, salsa verde with cilantro and a little red meat...
I do too (wearing sandals today) - actually for the 3rd day, because the last 2 days it has been in the 90ties :( - th up side is eating my favorite ice cream:)
i think your neck of the woods is way ahead of mine in the lilac department. and the warm weather department, for that matter. but then i look at this photo and it is all better.
our lilacs have not come in yet but i saw they were starting as i went for a walk this morning and i smiled like a mad woman thinking "the lilacs are coming! the lilacs are coming!!"
it's true. this man sells cool shoes. you might not guess, looking at that mug of his, but i tell you the truth. and here is the best part, habitat is having a wicked sale today and all weekend (oooh and they updated their webpage, and it looks cool too!). so here is how you can join in:
TODAY ONLY get 25% off regular priced items enter CODE: SPRING25
FRIDAY, 17th - SUNDAY, 19th get 15% off regular priced items enter CODE: SPRING15
and here, on the internet, i will fully admit that i was depressed for two full days when these shoes did not fit my cursed tiny feet. a pit of despair. don't let this happen to you.
i haven't been blogging much. here's the thing. i very much consider this my space, and feel very little pressure to keep to any sort of schedule. good for me, bad for you. i apologize, but i doubt i will change my ways. what i have been doing is working much much harder on 1000 words than i ever thought i would. it feels so good to collaborate with david in this way. even though our actual interaction over the process is pretty limited. i send him the photo, he let's me know he got it. then i casually ask him over the next couple weeks if he's been thinking. or writing. to which he casually says yes. for my part, it has been much harder than i thought it would be to take these photos. i have been looking at things differently, knowing that in the end, it will spark some story. more than likely, not the story i ever thought it would, but still a story is coming. i have also been searching out very specific images, people, very different from what i usually shoot. this has been much harder for me as well. i was lucky enough to meet two very sweet people who let me take photos of them. don't ask because you won't be seeing anything from that until after may 10th. that's right, i'm already done with may and thinking about JUNE. crazy isn't it? it has to be. it takes me too long to figure out what i want to give david, and he needs time to create as well. it's not like we just whip these things out, it takes a lot of work. and what of value doesn't take work? my life motto actually (kristen i KNOW you are rolling your eyes at me). you gotta do the work.
anyway, so yeah. that's pretty much it around here. life. always life, moving on by. i am impatiently waiting for the nice weather to stay put. for the dogwoods to bloom and for the lilacs to be safe. what have you been doing?
ps. we'll be posting over at 1K on friday. see you there!
I love that this is your space and you do with it what you will, that's why we're here! And I also love that you and David are collaborating on 1K mainly be computer, Peter and I have had very very intense, life-sorting-out types of discussions on computer while both at home, it fascinates me how well this works sometime.
girl, i'm not rolling my eyes. i'm right there with you. sheesh, life's been pounding that motto into me severely in the past couple of weeks. i'm just glad you shared the motto with me before that...it's made the beating a little easier to take.
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they are all nice (doh) but that third picture is really blowing my mind today. nice!! :)
yes, how is it may??! this year is rattling out of control, it's going so fast eh.
keep on keepin on...put your head down and get to it...but member to look up and see the pretty goings on round you.
an old life ain't so bad...that's where the foundation is...
the third picture is incredible...very symbolic of the 'two lives'--creative v. real work...enjoy and happy happy happy May 09...
i don't know how to tell you this without sounding like a complete freak, so here goes...
beth and i were best friends in high school and i discovered your blog a few years ago through hers, and i've since then been a silent lurker (i know, i'm one of those people!), thoroughly enjoying glimpses of your life through your witty words and your amazing photos.
so last night i had this dream that i met you. freaky, i know, isn't it? and while i remember almost nothing of the dream itself, i do remember laughter and good food were involved, which i have a feeling would both play a part if this dream were to become a reality.
anyway, had to share. i never thought a dream would be what it took to reveal myself as a blog lurker. :) but you can ask beth...i'm really not too scary (most days). :)
seriously, may??! WTF. but i'm ok with it, may is always a good month. i hope work etc. gets sorted out. field work sounds sort of fun, though - is it?
gorgeous! i was going to say i like one the most, but then i thought i liked another best and now i've decided they are all three amazing, especially together.
That third one is amazing!
wonderful series of photographs here. i especially love the stillness. gorgeous
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