Someone's got to help me dig

These plants have been time consuming but rewarding... Relaxation is sitting on the patio with a cup of coffee and a craft in progress.

Bell peppers (big and baby), grape tomatoes, cucumbers and leeks.
In containers: Lemon verbena, thyme, rosemary.
Unknown flowers and dirty succulents.

San Francisco

The sweetest treat. This city and surrounding is one I'd forever wanted to visit, and the perfect last impression of the US before our departure. I wish I had a description for you but I honestly can't choose the best part. I was incredibly happy to be with the most beautiful boys and lady, seeing the sights with other's eyes also ready for upcoming enlightening views.

Chasing the other's tail

This coast

It sounds right, the city begins to feel small once you've covered it's map

I've become very good at being patient

"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases from being shared."

After reading this aloud my uncle responded, "Neither does anger."

Family has been extremely influential to me lately, in ways positive and negative. I'm exposed to material consumption and petty complaints, which I don't deny I easily can agree with. I'm turned onto interesting films and praise and encouragement the next day. I am amazed by the sight of a speck of a planet over the sun, which I admire with the family I grew up with. I have every bit of the variety of family character between both, all coincidentally in the same bit of town.

I love the ones who raised me more than the world, and depend on them for half the things I can't provide for myself. I love the ones I've come to know after falling into obsession with this boy, I'm consistently amazed that it's returned, and of course, they provide the next half of what I can't gain alone. Knowing these people will never disappear is one anchor; my inspiration from surroundings and things unknown, and desire to see the world, that's what fuels my engine. Being extremely visual, it's comfortable gazing upon a new interesting work of art or a pretty palette of colors on a wall or of the clothing on a person. This has obviously become a stimulating habit for loads of people, and I'm glad to be one who can gain from this more than others. Maybe this is a somewhat selfish thing to say, or makes me seem to ahead of myself, but whatever. I've been so driven the last few months, it's impossible not to be inspired by everything with which I cross paths.

I don't think this is where I planned to end up when I started writing this, but I'm thinking I need to start posting more often or this will never develop into anything consistent.

I know that I've said this before.

We've got an apartment, more space than before as well as a yard, and I have a feeling this is going to be a grand summer. We have brought our cat home and settled again. The next couple years of saving for our next escapade should be more focused on getting some classes out of the way and testing business ideas. For right now my energy will be spent designing our new place and playing housewife…