Kamiak

Today we took a hike up Kamiak Butte so that I could collect pine-cones to put in my outdoor planters. It was perfect weather, and the view from the top is incredible.

So that I might win a purse too!

I am linking to Bekah Merkle's blog, Amoretti, because that way I get doubly entered in her give-away contest. So here it is, you all should check out her stuff, it's very cute!

Tee hee

This is what is happening a week and a half before I defend my senior thesis: I find lots of opportunities to not work on homework. The Onion news is one example.

Pictures from a wedding

The groom made a photo booth. Yes, made. Invented. Created. So all the guests got to take pictures which made for super fun memorabilia. I wonder if you can guess which one is Joel's favorite....

Ninja cat comes closer without moving!

This is a game we play with Whiskey too. Those of you who have seen El Orfanato might notice some similarities.....

George Herbert

I had to memorize a poem for this term for Traditio so I memorized Love (III) by George Herbert. It's arguably his greatest poem:

Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back,
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-ey'd Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning
If I lack'd anything.

A guest, I answer'd, worthy to be here:
Love said, You shall be he.
I the unkind, ungrateful? Ah my dear,
I cannot look on thee.
Love took my hand, and smiling did reply,
Who made the eyes but I?

Truth Lord, but I have marr'd them: let my shame
Go where it doth deserve.
And know you not, says Love, who bore the blame?
My dear, then I will serve.
You must sit down, says Love, and taste my meat:
So I did sit and eat.

House Painting

We decided it was time to rid ourselves of the aqua green trim around the house. So we replaced it with something much newer and cheerier, red! At first it was too bright and I really didn't like it, but it's darkened over the week and I think it looks great now. We're going to paint the door red as well, and put in red window-boxes on the bay window and side window that you see in the first picture. I think that will tie everything together nicely.