Saw Wailin’ Storms and Creepoid open for SWIRLIES last week. (SWIRLIES photos up on Speakers.) It was loud and trashy and rattling and great. My ears hurt after, and that was excellent. Full photo set on Flickr.
baseball: nats @ orioles
Seven. The Wiets drove in the tying run in the bottom of the 8th and Jonathan Schoop walked off. The floppy hats were excellent.
100 foods in 100 counties: granville county
Cheese and sausage biscuit at Sunrise Biscuit in Oxford, crossing Granville County off the Our State 100 Foods list. The biscuit was fabulous and I would have eaten half a dozen plain.
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.
house show: delicate cutters
Last weekend some lovely folks from Alabama played rock and roll in my living room. You should have come.
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;…
life list: grow my own grape tomatoes
48. Grow my own grape tomatoes, snap peas, and strawberries. Done and done. The tomatoes are delicious. Next year, peas and strawberries.
college baseball: virginia @ unc
Five and six. Catching up on six weeks of editing. And posting. Pardon me.
brand new kind of photography 