Day 5: best cheese ever (thank you Costco)

Day 4: most annoying cat ever

Day 3: puppy

Day 2: John and Keith

Day 1: tomatoes

Today's the day I start project 365. No particular significance to the date, but I wanted to get a few photos in before school starts and I start taking pictures of papers I'm grading.


I've decided I'm going to call my particular project "365 squared" because I want to do all square photos. I'm thinking they would make a cool collage eventually.

I'm also thinking about doing a "365 Polaroid" theme. Of course they're not real polaroids, but the effect is there:

Just needs the white border...I could mat them eventually.


So the story: I planted these cherry tomatoes from seed back in April. They love my new house in Seattle and are finally starting to turn red. I've eaten two so far and they're fabulous. They were the only successful crop I had. Next year I'm going to focus just on tomatoes and plant masses of them.

Project 365

Coming soon...

Tuck and Robin

Spent the last two days backpacking in the Wenatchee National Forest. It started off nice and flat through a valley, but there was a pretty intense scramble for the last 1.5 miles, made more difficult by the heat and lack of shade. We hiked up to Tuck lake the first day and set up camp.

The second day we hiked up to Robin Lakes, which was absolutely incredible. We saw 11 mountain goats - two families with babies and some loners. One of the females came within 8 feet of us and circled like she wanted a handout. The whole place was just incredible. Definitely worth the climb.

After spending some time with the goats, we made the descent to camp for oatmeal and coffee, then continued down into the valley. Stopped in Roslyn so I could eat at The Brick (I've seen every episode of Northern Exposure...big fan). I ate my whole veggie burger in record time. It was probably pretty gross to watch.

I'm covered in mosquito bites, but overall it was a great hike. The awesome views and all the wildlife we saw (besides bugs) made it worth the climb!

crunch time

I'm starting to realize how little time I have left until I go back to work on the 23rd. Most of that time is completely booked, and I'm trying to make a list of goals to accomplish before I lose all my free time. For some reason that leads me to reflecting on what I've accomplished this summer and what adventures I've had. I'm going to wait until it's really over to pick my top 5, so for now I'm going to share my top 3 albums I've been enjoying this summer:

1. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

It hasn't been out very long, but I've listened to it on repeat 

enough times to make it stand out as a summer album.

I love that every song follows a common theme.

2. Beach House - Teen Dream

Great background music for cleaning or just daydreaming.

The last song is especially sweet.

3. The Radio Department - Clinging to a Scheme

I'm especially crazy about "Heaven's on Fire" 

and "You Stopped Making Sense".