summer-ness

It's summer y'all!

AND. . .

 -if I may say- 

an exceptional summer it's been!

a respite from rain
a few lovely months 

t-shirts and shorts 

(tank tops and tattoos)

outside the city. . .

the Oregon Coast 

a retreat:  the Columbia gorge

in the city

a plethora of p's!

pie

 painted toenails

 pools (and squirtguns)

parks

portugal. the man 

at

pet-aid

Portland. . .

OH!

you do summer right.

papercuts

quote of the day

"It's about 
FINDING THE INFORMATION and ACCESSING THE INFORMATION

It's about molding the herbs responsibly. 

It's your turn."

- unknown

wait.

persistence baby, that's where it's at

I told myself 

shade of blue I couldn't put my finger on

eyes watching from every door

 

and show yourself baby 

show it 

to know 

whether they know?

Napa picnic

V. Sattui, a place close to my heart for many reasons

over 200 kinds of cheeses, all of which you can ask to sample

tasting room

  intriguing tasting menu

heaven!

psych-decent

 
     A nicotine-yellowed print hung behind the counter of J's bar, and when things got unbearably slow we'd stare at that picture for hours on end. The image was a pattern, something like a Rorschach test, in which I saw what seemed to be a face-off between two green monkeys tossing two half-deflated tennis balls through the air at each other.
     "What do you suppose it symbolizes? I asked [J].
     "The left monkey is you and the right one's me. I'm tossing you a bottle of beer and you're tossing me the money for it."

- Haruki Murakami, Hear the Wind Sing

each one she passes

The human essence lies in complexity. 
The objects of scientific investigation lie not in the object, you know, 
but in the subject contained within the human body. 

In any case, you must live. 

Live! Live! Live! 

That's all. The most important thing is to go on living. 

That's all I can say. Really, that's all. 

I'm just a girl with metaphysical soles.

-Haruki Murakami, Girl from Ipanema