But, but, but...

But, but, but...
Originally uploaded by Arboreality.

Photos from my visit to Northern California are up on Flickr! Ana and I drove hours in the car to visit our brother in a teeny town called Hyampom in the middle of some really major forest fires... hooray for summer adventures! Especially the ones that end up with skinny dipping in remote rivers.

Making Weather

Field fires in the valley north of Eugene, nearly 10 hours into our drive home from California.

Queen of Her Domain

Mt Shasta, notably missing her clothing, rises above the plains of northern California. Lake Shasta was nearly devoid of water, which was a strange and disturbing sight.

Best. Ice Cream. Ever.

Home for the evening before Ana and I take a trip south to visit our brother. We stopped for dinner at Alfs.. the burger quality seems to have gone down, but the ICE CREAM? Still awesome.

I Want You To Remember

I Want You To Remember
Originally uploaded by Arboreality.

Back at work from the trip down to Oregon this weekend. We hung out with family and friends, picked berries, went on a short hike, spent the day at the art fair... the weather was perfect, we couldn't have asked for a better trip. Yay, summer!

Let Stupidity Reign

It says, "We have a great nation, why change?"

Clearly he lives a charmed life... .

In The Future There Will Be Llamas

We're engaged!

Summer Rites

Its either Raspberry Vinegar or its a damn fool waste of a flat of delicious berries! Who wants to try first?

Getting Warmer

look at that, it's a man with courage.

Gardening at 20,000...cm?

At 20,000ft
Originally uploaded by Arboreality.

Wore myself out gardening on the patio today, after we hit the plant store and brought home some tomatoes and a new parsley. I had to dig all the old worn out dirt of my two nice planters, and mix it in with some new dirt to get the life going again. My back would like to let you all know that it is not as young as it once was... small space gardening is rough on the body.

Hit Flickr for the rest of the photos from this evening!

What's for Dinner

Enchiladas! Thanks to Jason and Q for the extra wheaty "beef"...

Having None

I failed to get gardening done this weekend, and was desperate to feel I had accomplished something, so I sat down and sewed a bag. To reproduce, I would recommend actually pining, and not just eyeballing everthing, but it worked out pretty well considering how lazy I was. Thrifted items, a felted sweater and a scary hooker tank top for the liner.

Presto

T has been telling me for some time that it might be a good idea to vent on my blog (subtext, I'm sure, is and not to me, despite her endless patience), and between news I've read yesterday and today, I've decided I may as well. What the hell, you aren't reading this anyway, right?

So here's the roundup of news that made me want to tear my hair out over the last few days:

Bush calls himself, America, "worlds biggest polluter" ...at the G8 summit in Japan.

Saddam tried to sell oil for Euros... just one year before the US arrived to kick his country back to last century. Coincidence? Especially given the fact that I'd never heard this little detail put in perspective, I highly doubt it.

(to fully understand this, one must understand that oil is priced in US Dollars on the world market. That means up til recently you could only buy oil from OPEC with a Dollar. Effectively, the dollar isn't worth it's weight in gold anymore, it's worth it's weight in oil. Or rather, the other way 'round. Which is why, obviously, as the dollar falls, the Euro starts to look pretty attractive)

Euro looks especially attractive to Iran... who stopped accepting the US dollar for oil in 2007. This story is literally invisible on the major US news networks (all I could find were similar headlines from 1975).

Hmm. Suddenly makes a Democrat in office even more appealing, doesn't it?

Can You Hear Me Now?

Can You Hear Me Now?
Originally uploaded by Arboreality.

Pictures from Alaska are up for your perusal! I especially like the glacier shots, but poke around and let me know what you liked!

Me Myself and I

Me Myself and I
Originally uploaded by Arboreality.

Talina, Talina, and a sparkler, at Jason's for July 3rd. More Dependance Day photos up on Flickr, enjoy!

The Farthest Shore

Islands somewhere north and west of Seattle, below a checkerboard of clouds.

Life is Like a Bowl of Crabs

Adams neighbor brought us 6 crabs, fresh from the ocean (and the steam pot). Delicious! Also, cracking whole crab is a hell of a way to remember about Biology.

Just Doing My Job

Gas station in Douglas, AK

Helpful

Duncan and I went the wrong way.

Slow As Honey

The Mendenhall
Glacier, the most accessible glacier in the country, from the helicopter. Not the one we landed on... Pictures of that one on Flickr when I get home!

The Great Frontier

Flying into Juneau Alaska.

Everybody Stay Put

Bad fire accident on 520 just after 92nd.