scenes from a wedding in the south

Trav’s BFF got married last weekend. The wedding was beautiful, the reception was lovely, and because it was on a Saturday in the South, dudes watched football on a phone at my table for most of it. I couldn’t have asked the universe for a more lovely day for Kev and Angela, who I adore.

puss and boots

These your boots? These my boots now. Please don’t mind me when I get my whole head stuck in one later. And don’t take pictures of my indignity. (I didn’t, I was laughing too hard.)

worth getting up for this summer

Worth getting up over the summer and September: visits from old friends; enormous grill dinners; the USWNT winning the World Cup; Kacey Musgraves’ Pageant Material; floppy hat night at Camden Yards; walk-off home runs; my sister’s puppies and our kittens; Trav, forever; episodes of Psych I haven’t seen before; True Detective, mostly; summer productions of Gilbert &…

the kittens have gotten big (are still dopey)

(I love Cat Summitt’s face in this one. WHAT ARE YOU DOING CAT SUMMITT.) They’re still shy, but very sweet, and very silly. Cat Summitt still only weighs about 5 pounds. ALL LEGS AND TAIL.

last minutes and lost evenings

We had a really nice 4th. Long weekend, good company, good food. Trav and I are getting pretty damn excellent at feeding people we love. You should come visit.

worth getting up for so far in 2015

Worth getting up for: Trav; Trav living in my house; Trav’s couch; the kittens; Scott Antique Market in Atlanta; the grill on my back porch; North Carolina getting green; baseball; the NBA playoffs; house concerts; Smitten Kitchen’s roasted tomato Israeli pearl couscous recipe; kebabs; my garden; the Carolina wren nesting in my watering can planter;…