Hey dudes! Happy Wednesday. I’m in a good mood today because I took Allegra for the first time this morning, and 90% of all of the annoying symptoms I’ve had for the last __ days like a headache and sore throat and itchy eyes cleared up! Magical!

Gregg Araki is magical too. Here’s an advertisement in my “Elle” magazine for a commercial he made, not something I would normally care about but since it’s Gregg Araki you should watch it. Here!

Something else you should watch: “Birdman”. It was one of the few films I’ve seen in the theater in the last few years and even better the second time around! Just don’t watch it if you’re feeling anxious.

Another shot from my “Elle” magazine–Anna Sui, who has always been one of my favorite designers, with Baby Jane Holzer, who bitched it up in “Ciao! Manhattan”.

Josh hates my workout pants and I don’t care. I think they’re FUN! The fanny pack really amps the look up.

Look at this beautiful dragonfly, just chilling on the house the other day. I’ve seen lots of blue dragonflies around, but not red. I moved in closer with the camera and he flitted off.

The girls and I are running out of days warm enough to swim. This was a filthy little pond at one of our favorite dog parks. We had a terrible storm here while I was visiting Boise and the wind knocked trees all over the dog park. It was disappointing to keep going down trails that were blocked. After two miles, we left.

Schnubs and I enjoying a rare moment of silence at the park. Ahhhhh.

Jenny Slate on “Drunk History”: hilarious. I loved her as Liz on “The Kroll Show”.

Saturday: my first 8 mile run EVER, with Josh and the girls. Maggie was fine the day after, but she’s had a slight limp since Monday. Poor old Maggie dog!

Josh’s parents stayed with us Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday night to put a French drain in the backyard and add a rain gutter to the back patio. Fleeta helped me finish painting the office AND weed the backyard, which was really really kind.

Sunday night Josh’s friend stayed for dinner after helping dig the French drain. He folded all of our napkins into fun shapes. He called this one a pinwheel, but to me it looked slightly like a swastika. Roops! Speaking of Jews, sorry Mom I forgot to celebrate Rosh Hashana this year! Shucks.

On the way to little Ronia’s birthday party, I snapped a picture of the Hotel Nexus. I love the design!

The dogs get ready to blast off down the trail.

Fall is coming! Hey, that means I don’t have to shave my legs. SCORE.

Happy Schnubs outside yesterday. Currently she’s curled up at my feet nervously, while Josh tries to figure out the location of the chirping smoke detector in our house. I mean really, it shouldn’t be THAT hard.

Yesterday was cold enough to warrant breaking out my favorite knit cap.

Pretty soon camping and hiking season will be over, and I need to shift back in to Painter Mode. Mucha is always inspiring.

Colorful flower bouquet, courtesy of Joshy. He’s so thoughtful!

NOW I am starving blog. Catch ya later.