Hands (grid for 8.29.09)

Four & five = engagement ring love, which is obnoxious I know but that is what blogs are for, obnoxious vain crap.

Seven: dog rump!

Nine, ten, eleven: intentionally overexposed! I particularly like eleven, which also happens to be my lucky number.

Twelve: I introduced Heston to Daisy, with adorable results. Daisy, suprisingly, was not afraid at all and Heston was a gentleman, as always.

So, tomorrow the finalists for Critical Mass are announced. I may have entered. I may be waiting on the edge of my seat for the results, even though I have next to no chance because no one knows who I am. I get a book out of it no matter what so I guess its ok.

Grid for 8.28.09

How do you feel about the numbers/font? Not sure myself, maybe it isn't the right font. Maybe I'm too lazy to change it.

Kind of a simple subject grid because I had guests coming so I had to hurry up and meet my quota. Check out the squash (personal fav, number seven)! I grew that with my own bare hands! The tomato too! A few weeks ago I had about seventy million tomatos (I'm under-estimating here) and I made some tomato sauce with them. Talk about amazing! I highly recommend growing your own food, it is gratifying in a way that can't be explained.

Summer Evening Grid (8.27.09)

New and improved! With numbers for easy reference!

This was a lazy hanging out outside while waiting for food to grill kind of grid. The ultimate griller did most of the work (#5) while I hung around with the dog and drank a peach beer (#2, 3, & 4). Aren't my shoes awesome? Just had to say that.

Also, doesn't number six remind you of LOST?

Things in My Kitchen (Grid for 8.26.09)

I read once that when you are having artist's block you should paint/shoot everything in your kitchen. I wasn't even thinking of that when I started shooting the bowls, I was just watching for dinner to finish cooking (Hamburger Helper, natch. I only roll classy, you know). Who knew that my kitchen shelves would bounce my flash so nicely? And check out that Spock cup. Old Spock and new Spock!

I would also like to brag a little: The tomatoes and the pepper are from my garden. I grew those.

Also also, have you ever tried Barefoot Coffee? It is the best coffee in the Bay Area, for sure.

Heston Grid (8.25.09)

So, as I mentioned before, Jay and I got a dog. What I didn't mention is how I have wanted a dog fiercely for years. So, I'm just warning you now, I will probably take a million pictures of him because he is the best thing to happen to me in a long time. But he's cute, right? So then its ok.

I don't like the pinkish cast these all have but I was evidently too lazy to try to fix it. Its been a tiring week, school started Monday.

Also, because of his coloring, I think Heston looks like a balding old man. I like this.

Grid for 8.24.2009

I get annoyed too easily. This doesn't have anything to do with this set of photos, I'm just putting it out there.

Here I go again trying to take my own picture. I kinda like these, although I'm a little frowny. Hell, I'm always a little frowny.

Saturday Afternoon Fiddling (8.21.09)

As you can see, my basil has gone to seed and its far too late to fix it :(

Also, I would like to draw your attention to the novelty steins. Jay and I each have one, Avon made them in the 90's and there's basically one for every nerdy interest. Jay drinks from the Country Music one (preferred beverage: Simple Times beer from Trader Joes) whereas I hoist from the "Conquest of Space" stein (not as preferred beverage: Coors Light). Check that thing out though, the handle is a Saturn rocket! The Eagle Lunar Lander is on the side! There's an astronaut on top! I can't say as much about Jay's, I think the Carter family is on it.

I would like to encourage a trend of hip internetty types drinking out of Avon novelty steins. To do so, I have found ebay links for other amazing steins so that you too can get in on the action!

For the history buff, a tribute to the Gold Rush

For the acquirer of California facts, a Rainbow Trout stein

My personal favorite, "Great Dogs of the Outdoors"

So, awesome people out there! Get a stein, they're only like 20 bucks and you can fit not one but TWO cans/bottles of beer in them.

(A small ebay complaint: I wish they had some sort of social networky "share" feature so that you all could actually see pictures of these instead of clicking on links. I know how lazy you are and I know you don't want to click on anything.)