small claims

i have like fifty pics of fireworks, similar to these two. many are swishy swirly arty lightshow-looking.


look i added an ironic wolf to my ironic moon painting someone please pay me money for it
this water claims to soothe ones soul

it used to be different

lemon cuke from the farmers market. crunchy!


i am obsessed with mustard and sour things because i am a sourpuss.
i love sauerkraut and pickles and pickled peppers. i squeezed pickled pepper juice on this sandwich and also stuffed it with pepperoncini. mmmmmm. the meat was pastrami.
NO shredded iceberg sorry and thank you very much.
i'd take spinach leaves or sprouts or leafy green lettuce if they'd had that.
i'm glad subway has spinach leaves. they've got THAT goin' for 'em.


quaking aspen
i am in love with nature.

some days

aren't vegetables beautiful?


amish moon pies


amish breads


i wish i knew the answers

relax

trying to catch up on posting with the pics i already have uploaded before i upload the two hundred new pics i've taken in the past few days.


my son prefers the canned ravioli to this concoction i whipped up.


floral dress i've had for over a year and worn maybe twice.
the reason i don't love it is that it has no 'give' or 'stretch' which is good-looking but not comfortable.

taste it

i was planning on starting in on the Independence Day Weekend Festivities early today, but i have a business appointment at 2PM so i've been cleaning my house like crazy just to keep busy.


last night went on a debaucherous night hike with some Greyhounds. got all scratched up by twigs. bitten by skeeters.

private eyes are watching you

i had to do a bunch of errands today and while i was out and about i noticed some people wearing some pretty ridiculous things. granted it is really hot, but
some women wear things that are just crazy. this one woman, a mother, whose little boy looked to be about three yrs old, was wearing sweat shorts so short over an inch of each buttcheek hung out the bottom and suffice it to say she was not 'fit'
but this was at walmart, so, i suppose it's to be expected, non?


i was brought up to be extremely modest and un-sexual in the way i dress, so i feel totally self conscious even wearing shorts which show 3/4 of my thighs. i'll wear them in the house alone, but it seems wrong to dress that way when children are present.


recently i was out in public and this mother/woman was sort of rough-housing with her son and she was wearing some kind of dress where her boobs were 3/4 of the way revealed. i mean, yeah, our kids are kind of intimately familiar with breasts, but after about 2 yrs of age... they shouldn't be playthings for our kids.

oh well. sometimes i am prudish. now, it's a different story when i am not in 'public'. you know? private vs. public, social norms, etc....

you can blog if you want to

took a little walk on the recently discovered trails which are basically right in my backyard. Fun! I wanted to paint outdoors. i took a mini picnic with me. it was nice. i didn't really focus much on painting, obviously, but it was a 'start' in that direction. i hope to incorporate such activities into my regular repertoire.


trying to convince myself that i look good for my age. considering i don't maintain the most optimal diet and exercise program. yeah. hm.



carrots onions potatoes cooked in homemade chicken stock i ended up blending this a little with a 'boat motor' as emeril calls it. then i froze it all.


jasmine rice made in homemade chicken stock
trying to be really frugal these days.