July 3 fun.

Me & Sam @beerfest!

Wild sweet pea

A gorgeous July day...Happy Birthday Mike! Best. Bro. Ever!

Alligator (fern) in the sewers...

The intrepid fern is making a comeback after our snowy winter. I'm hoping it gets huge by the end of summer, climbs out of the grate, and balances the biennium campus budget.

Hollyhocks in bloom

Summer is here! The flora right now is incredible--wild sweet peas, blackberry brambles, poppies, and hollyhocks are some of the fabulous plants all abloom. Campus has been abandoned by the students, leaving the faculty and staff in a state of relaxed focus. Everyone is acting like they just finished a yoga class: refreshed and renewed with a minimum of urgency. All in all, a good time to stroll about on work-related errands.

Tennis ball demise imminent!

It was a fabulous spring day here in Seattle, complete with sunshine, a long evening, & a cool breeze. Sam and Root Beer frolicked extensively in the backyard. I drank a brew and knitted. The house finches ate as if they were starved.

Stoned Sam.

Stoned Sam.

Culinary triage

Half a batch of my homemade granola, ruined due to an Airbake cookie sheet. :(

Sleepy pup

The Sam chair.

Swine flu?

Clinic visit + H1N1 scare = fun with paper masks! My feeble cough is no match for the power of a sunny yellow prophylactic.

Sam is...

Asleep at last.

A walk

Shubbery & dog.

A view

Out for walkies.

Woof! (It's Wednesday)

Today is Woof Wednesday! Bark! And below is a more tranquil Sam-in-the-sunshine shot:

Super Snake!

Sam loves the big purple snake that Maggie got for him. He carries it around the house constantly while he displays "emo ears" (they are flat against his head) and wiggles his whole butt. The snake is about five feet long, has a big squeaker in the head, a small one in the tail, and a rattle. Sam has chewed off most of its tongue, yet it still hisses at him.