5.30.2011

the lovely weekend...



waiting for company to arrive. with my house clean & lots of little plans.



made blueberry muffins. drank coffee on the porch.

there was a sunny bicycle ride around town. which ended when the old Flyer got a flat. and then it was a sunny walk back home for me.








a couple of meals in the backyard. this one with shandy made with Ad Astra Ale. mmm.
then baked lemon butter cupcakes, it was my birthday after all.




then with a couple few cucumber lime margaritas, some late night Dutch Blitz.
in which best friends are driven to start cursing, yelling & laughing at each other.
















on my own again, I'd reserved the day for sunshine.
but the wind & clouds came instead. so some sewing. and I have
a little napper as company.

5.27.2011















just one of my new favorite photos.
(mom at a camp stove & in the mountains on mem day weekend)

5.24.2011

great things list #19

















may flowers for a birthday.

5.22.2011

the lovely spring days of may
















my favorite kind of birthday card came in the mail.
the kind that has been cut & glued & drawn.

















and along with a present from mom, came peonies, 
my favorite kind of birthday flower.

also this weekend was sunshine, antique store shopping with a best friend, a brother to help me with some house repair & a visit from the niece & nephew, who came bearing tater tots and slushies.

5.17.2011

time of year again






 an early birthday present. as every year.









a darkest purple iris blooming.




little basils on the back porch.


zinnias coming up.
















and a chubby kitten getting yelled at to quit digging holes in my garden.


thank you Kansas springtime.

5.09.2011

a.word.a.day - eolian

aeolian or eolian


PRONUNCIATION:
(ee-O-lee-uhn)

MEANING:
adjective: Relating to or caused by the wind.

ETYMOLOGY:
After Aeolus, god of the winds in Greek mythology. As keeper of the winds, he gave a bag containing winds to help with Odysseus's sailing.

USAGE:
"It would not be surprising if a few features -- even very large ones -- were sculpted by aeolian processes into the pyramidal forms we see."
Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan; The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark; Random House; 1995.

5.08.2011

mother's day



































this is how fortunate I am.
the mothers in my life, who have never failed in their unconditional love & support for me.

happy mother's day.

5.05.2011

on the Hacienda, from SMU Library collection
















      
Tehuana woman, SMU Library collection



















Yucatan woman, from the LOC collection






















viva el cinco de mayo.
(photos found on The Commons)

5.03.2011

in the air
















signs today that spring is really here.
happy frog organic fertilizer, tomatoes planted & dirt warming in the sun.
new flowers from the garden center.

















iris blooming along my fence.
& I got chased out of my garage by a huge bumblebee.
















woke up feeling stuffy from pollen in the air.
& I found my kitten in the garden.

5.01.2011

primavera







pretty spring showing in old new mexico.