Bounce Head Bright

Children Are The Only Ones Who Blush

Gleaming The Cube

Who Does She Think She Is?

no really?

My Boy And Our Sun

Sun Is Coming

September Outtakes, Part 1

Aren't we all? 

From whence his eyes came 

De-knotting hairs 

Patchy on the scratchy 

 Clean but beaten

Kneehead 

How you know it's fall 

Fans of cats

Apricity

Obsolete Words, Volume 14

- the sun’s warmth on a cold winter’s day

Til The Sun Come, Jazz It

song of the day

this is how I feel when I finally see it again

but this too

twofer

This Morning's Givings

screen gives texture

wife gives goodbye

sun gives light

fence gives sunflower

daughter gives art

So Far Celebrating With Hot Rocks

We have not been all that 4th-y yet today. We laid in bed til 9 laughing at Yuula and then went downstairs and ate some eggs and laughed at Yuula some more. Then we spent what was left of the morning working a little bit in the yard. The summer is quickly slipping thru our fingers and the list of things to get done is getting all the more burdensome. I tackled m main nemesis, this new front patio.

I decided to tear it apart and start over this morning. Good idea with bad timing. The sun beats down on these suckers, and me as well, causing them to reach stifling temperatures themselves. So I'm getting hit by the sun and burning rock all at the same time. It was a joy. I've said it before but I'm saying it again, I don't want to ever lay a patio again. But I will.

It looks ok. Still more to do.

Laura threw down a patriotic tablecloth for lunch so... that's something.

We've bathed everyone and regained our strengths so we're going to head out and try and celebrate this fine country and its hot rocks.

The Sun Can't Stop Us (Mostly)

That is an actual picture of the sun over our house yesterday and a pretty spot on visualization of how it actually felt.

It was HOT!

But we still got some stuff done. Daylillies transplanted, rocks shoveled, tomato plants grounded, peppers in the soil, and everyone hydrated fully.

Of course we were back in the shade of the house by 1 cooling ourselves with cold showers and ice cold smoothies. But we did have the gall to have dinner on the back deck. By that time it was actually kind of nice out so... barbecue chicken, zucchini fries and garlic scapes on the grill. Really quite good.

And we even braved the heat to go on a walk, albeit not our most exhilarating, we did think we found a giant dead cat that turned out just to be a guard lion, and Yuula did some road rock redesign.

She's very picky about her road rocks.

Requiem For A Wake Up

What a lovely day out this window. Getting warmer [again] and got a list of things to do a mile long. It's all come down together. Went to sleep halfway thru Requiem For A Dream and woke up pretty much right where I left off. I love when IFC plays one movie over and over thru the night. They know me. But that final montage is a rough way to wake up.

The sun will prevail!

Breakfast Sun Majestic

she was having Kix, in case you were wondering

Children's Scribbles: Accurate

Remember how you used to draw the sun when you were a kid?......

They Add Up

if there are two eyes in my head

if there are four seasons in a year

and reflections on the water of a burning yellow sphere

days add up to weeks

add up to months

and add up

add up to years

The Sun Makes Me

have you seen the new day?

how are things with you?

keeping up with emotions still occupies our time