Monday, May 14, 2012 at 9:11AM 
J and I are on our way home from a long-weekend trip to the DC area for a wedding! More on that soon. But I was thrilled that we had time on Friday to visit the Smithsonian Hirshhorn museum. It's hard to keep me away from a good modern art museum. They're my favorite.
Trip down memory lane: pictures from my last visit to the Hirshhorn, in 2008, with the related delight: Sisters at the Metro Stop.
Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 7:44PM 
My lovely sister sent me this bird for my birthday. You might think it's weird, but I think its the perfect decoration for my new office. And all I can keep thinking is: rock...YEAH...ing...YEAH...bird...YEAH...
family Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 7:51AM 
We had ourselves a lovely day yesterday. It was sunny and warm, so we ate fish and chips on a picnic table. I declared Freshy's Seafood Market to be an A+. Then we went for a 3-mile hike around Discovery Park. Six and a half years later, I'm still amazed to be living somewhere where you can go for a ordinary Saturday walk and catch a view like this.
the city, washington, weather, yum Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 11:18AM 
I have a long-standing dream of having a beautiful/productive garden and spending many lovely hours out in my yard, helping things grow and making things prettier. A friend even recently told me that I "seem like someone who would garden." And yet: my success rate on this dream is low. I get frustrated by things dying, things growing back that I didn't want to grow back (see: autumn crocuses in front yard, which, don't worry, are back again in 2012), and the general proliferation of grass where I wish there wasn't grass. That stuff is hard to dig out.
In any event, a small success already this year: the two hosta plants I planted last year, which I thought were either dead or eaten by some sort of critter, are back. We have the perfect shady spot for hostas. And they are so lovely. Welcome back, spring!
nature, projects, washington 
