past & the present

Whenever I think about the summer J & I met I think of long car drives in the blazing heat with the windows rolled down, beach boys playing on the radio, and trying to get Jay out his his shell and sing along with me while placing my dirty ash-brown soled feet on the dashboard. After a few nights of no-sleep talking sessions and early morning breakfasts we went on our first real date, a picnic.

Nothing reminded me more of those days than when we went to Discovery Park for a hike and a picnic last Sunday. After trekking through a never ending blanket of evergreen trees (with only patches of sky peeking through the tops), flatted grass pathways in sweeping fields, and an inlet of clean white sand dotted with playing children we reached our cliff-topped edge for a view of the Puget Sound. Thanks to a change in weather (supplying us with the perfect sunny day) and an amazing wedding gift from our friends (picnic set complete with a blanket, utensils, napkins, & glasswares) we got to enjoy our made-from-scratch strawberry lemonade during the temporary break in the clouds.

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"Our machine broke down" Never exactly the answer you want to get when you go to pick up your film, but considering the dragon lady before us had just roared her fiery breath as hard as she could at the poor employees who couldn't magically fix her film, "No biggie" is all we could say. Despite the awkward over-developed/under-developed ratio on these pictures I actually quite like all of the imperfections. The roll, luckily, was only a test. Jay treated himself to a Diana mini for Christmas and we have been trotting it along with us ever since.

Summer Lates Part 2

Just a quick one.

Late night wanderings

I generally don't get headaches; I don't even recall getting them before a year or two ago. Nevertheless, I had one of the worst ones I've ever had this summer putting me in a ridiculously bad mood. We have learned over the years that rather then sitting it out at home bickering, we always feel a lot better taking a walk around the neighborhood finding kitties along the way. Jay being the sweetheart the he is got me some caffeine to try and calm my head down, thank goodness it worked.

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Late night goofing off! Combine with the ultimate chocolate chip cookies for happy times.