it's all about the patio garden

new york was so 2 weeks ago! i've already been at work a full week and had 2 weekends where i compulsively spend all available time in my patio garden.

see the promise of growth!



- i hope to have an actual zucchini grow this year. see my ghetto cloche which is a old 4 litre pop bottle with it's bottom cut out.



- chives come back year after year. they managed to survive my neglect last summer then the subsequent harsh winter.



- from L to R: purple pole beans, cherry tomato, lavender, and lettuce with larger tomato and peppermint behind the lavender.



ps - i'll post a summary of new york very soon

deacon's corner

deacon's corner at 101 main street
- biscuits, i'm talking BISCUITS WITH SAUSAGE GRAVY!
- thin potato slices seasoned with cumin
- large portions

i think the pictures (mostly) speak for themselves.



my meal, rob's meal



rob BEFORE attacking the meal



rob DEFEATED by the meal

hipsters these days

spotted at a certain new trendy breakfast establishment near skidrow, this iphone-talking, headband-wearing hipster was able to stun myself, rob and J into complete awe with the sunglasses hanging off the headband behind the ear move.

we thanked all that is good and right in this world for letting us witness what is clearly groundbreaking hipster behaviour.

glitter bus

taking the bus home during sunset a few months ago i noticed something.

i was in zone out mode on the bus when i thought i saw out of the corners of my eyes the distinct flashes from a disco ball.

but it was actually the sun shining on the sparkly nature of the anti-slip material underfoot causing the refracted disco ball effect against the interior of the bus.

yet it was more awesome than that.

don't imagine this as a snapshot/still. instead, see this in motion:
- window-framed shafts of light are continuously panning away from you (like a searchlight)
-- the rays bounce against the glittery floor and project onto the walls
--- everything is movement and sparkle