day 5

last day on a five day course of antibiotics. feeling hopeful. feeling strong(er).  need to get out of the studio and back on the trails. fingers crossed.

bit and pieces of dried botanicals

words matter

my husband is a word guy. to him words matter. a lot. so, before i could type anything…i had to hesitate and ask myself; are these two plants codependent? parasitic? opportunistic? or simply serendipitous?  whichever word steve chooses, i would like to add beautiful. the contrast of the lime-green vine leaves with the deep-green cattail leaves is already delicious. and the red vines on the deep green leaves is even better.  so, where does that leave us? beautiful opportunism? parasitic perfection? stunning serendipity? or color-coordinated codependence? . . . steve just walked in. “that’s a bine, not a vine,”  he said. “a vine climbs with suckers, and a bine climbs by entwining  a support structure in a helix.” as i said: word guy.

cattail leaves with climbing false buckwheat vine (Fallopia scandens)

swirling

i spent the day half-sleeping on the screen porch that we turn  into a sleeping porch each summer. we use it for summer nights quite often, but it’s been a long time since i spent an entire afternoon lounging out there. wow! all the memories of endless childhood days came flooding back as i lay listless and drifting, letting all the noises of summer wash over me; kids screaming, dogs barking, wind blowing, wet feet slapping on docks, speedboats racing to the far shore, squirrels scampering, garbage trucks beeping, lawnmowers drowning out the birdsong, birdsong drowning out the breeze, and indignant red squirrels drowning out everything.

sunflowers and flower buds

table top debris

i’m phoning it in today gang. i’m still sporting a fever of 103. makes me realize that i have not been this sick since starting STILL almost 10 years ago. how fortunate is that?  anyway, i am looking forward to tomorrow when my antibiotics are suppose to kick in. fingers crossed.

there is no such thing as an ordinary day

i’ve been doing STILL for almost ten years now. there should be no surprises anymore, right?  well, today i woke up with a mild fever. i diagnosed myself with a bladder infection. i spent the morning calling my clinic and getting that confirmed. then i met with my book designer, then…you know where this is going, right? before i knew it, it was 9:27 PM and i had not even thought about STILL. what? 10 years of daily images, and in year 9 ¾ you forget ? wtf. seriously, wtf?  luckily, i made this image of black-eyed susans the other day. so i was saved. for today. but, seriously, wtf?

black-eyed susans