Post-haircut this morning, thanks to stylist Erika. She always does such a good job with my bangzzzz. Why can’t my hair look this cute all the time, hmmm?

Oy, I heard this song on kexp right before I arrived home, and now it’s droning in my mind:

It’s from “Eraserhead”, a film that I am 100% comfortable with never seeing again. Just sayin’, David Lynch. Just sayin’.

What kind of dork has a giant cloud identification chart on her wall? THIS DORK. It’s currently hanging over the computer in the er, “office”.

Speaking of which. Look at that fun shape the cumulus cloud is making! Is it an airplane? A mermaid? A shark?

Bright happy wildflower spray on the sidewalk outside my work.

Friday morning as I was driving to work I actually pulled over on the side of the road (safety first!) to take this picture of some hot air balloons. Too bad they are so tiny.

This is the real, TRUE LIFE color of the neon purple hydrangea in the backyard! So gorgeous.

Friday after work my co-worker invited me to the local Farmer’s Market, where she was performing live music with her daughter. She played the guitar and sang, and her daughter harmonized and played the violin. I videotaped several of their songs for them and took pictures. Their booth was sandwiched between a shave ice stand (I bought an orange/strawberry shave ice–yum) and a flower stand. After their set I wandered over to the flower stand and couldn’t resist buying this bouquet.

Pretty pretty! I’m obsessed with the color of those gladiolas.

I also bought this pretty locally handmade necklace for only 15 clams. I have a hard time resisting handmade jewelry stands!

The sunset last Friday night was amazing. Josh and I left the house to get ice cream, and stood transfixed on the driveway looking at this stunning display. Then…we started snapping photos.

A fun faux vintage sign at a pastrami shop in Issaquah we stopped at after our arduous hike on Tiger Mountain Saturday.

Speaking of arduous, after that hike Josh woke up at 5:30 in the morning on Sunday to hike another 6 miles up and down a mountain with his little friend, and then what happened? He got horribly sick with a respiratory infection! He had a fever, sweats, last night he had the chills. He had scheduled a physical months ago and when he showed up to the doctor’s office this morning, they told him he was too sick for his physical. Say what?! Now he has to go back next month for it. Lame.

Somehow he dropped his Muncle’s book about K2 into a lake, and I’m trying to dry it out. It’s been several days, and it’s still wet. I’m oddly determined, though.

On Sunday it was so disgustingly hot in our air conditioner-less home that I spent all day in my sports bra in the basement. Yesterday I tried to buy a box fan at the local drugstore (they were sold out), so I bought this little pool for me and the dogs to splash around in instead. How long before Maggie’s dogclaw punctures it, do you think?

Pre-haircut, on Sunday. I was really overdue.

More neon in nature–neon pink gladiolas in my neighbor’s yard.

Someone–I think it was Brenna–bought me this book for Christmas, and I’m finally getting around to reading it. It’s delightful! A choose-your-own-adventure book about gardening, with adorable quirky illustrations and plenty of sassy humor. It’s so me.

Currently: drinking coffee and considering walking the pets. It’s lovely and overcast outside, FINALLY. Please rain! Please rain! Can you believe I’m begging for the rain? Ohhhh heatwave!