Bought $11 worth of cherries.
The Warriors won last night. All’s right in the world.
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Bought $11 worth of cherries.
The Warriors won last night. All’s right in the world.
Stay tuned.
Detail of a drawing son did when he was maybe five or six.
It’s a big drawing, about three feet by two feet. And almost a third of it is taken up by the cat’s tail:
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Self is so fascinated by this twisted vine, which was only revealed after she did heavy cutting back of some overgrown bushes:
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Self took these pictures early May.
In the long-ago time, the tree trunk was shipped from the Philippines, and the iron trellis leaning against it was from Smith & Hawken.
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— Jen H., The Daily Post
A humble plant growing by the kitchen sink. Self drapes it over the window frame to keep out of her way while she washes dishes:
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Bright and early Saturday morning, self was in front of SFMOMA. She had tickets for the opening day of the Rene Magritte exhibit. There was a crowd waiting for the doors to open at 10 a.m.
Below was one of the first Magrittes she saw. Of course, she immediately thought: THE DAILY POST PHOTO CHALLENGE! Good thing they allowed pictures.
This morning, self had her usual cup of coffee: Organic Rendezvous Brew, purchased at Moody’s in Mendocino. The cup she used was something she bought at the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, years ago: that’s a triceratops, half-submerged in her coffee:
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For this week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge, LIQUID, self decided to break with her usual habit of scouring her archives. Instead, she decided to take pictures of liquids.
Since this is also a hard-at-work day for her (writing), she’s at home. What is liquid in her home? Here are three things:
Other LIQUID:
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Self’s garden, this morning:
Cover detail: Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys, the next book on her reading list
Had we but world enough and time . . .
— Andrew Marvell, “To His Coy Mistress”
If one were to think of nostalgia as a place, then that place would definitely be son’s room. She never could bring herself to change the layout, even though he’s long gone: grown, married, and settled in southern California. If you want to know what a museum of childhood looks like, this is the place!