Cutie owl necklace

Note: This is post 100

A darling gift from a dear friend. I adore it.



Owls are so cute and so I wear owl clothes, pins and now a necklace. I'm excited to show it off!



Thanks Clare.

Disappointed by cuteness

Why do I always think that Disappointed is spelled with two esses? Silly brain!

Perhaps, disappointed describes my feelings a bit strongly regarding my Recent acquisition of a pale pink Tofu bank, but here's the story:

I saw this little cutie at my favorite cute things store and on the generic tofu box style packaging, it said "tofu saver." I thought, "finally, someone else with my dilemma of how to save leftover tofu. Maybe it keeps even longer in this little box." I'll admit, I didn't look very hard at the item inside, it was too cute and I wanted it, no matter what it was. So, I bought it, brought it home, opened it up and was promptly shocked; it was a tofu shaped money bank. oh! that's what it meant by tofu saver. A tofu shaped block of plastic with a slit in the top designed for saving money. Makes sense. But I already have a piggy bank with kisses all over it and a little owl bank with glow in the dark eyes that scare me at night. I haven't filled those "savers" up yet.



Maybe I'll use this little pink creature to save up for some tofu, or perhaps I'll use it to save up for a trip to Japan. Who knows what I'll do with it, but despite it's total uselessness, I still like a happy bank named bean curd.

Stolen Photos

I stole a few photos from Jessica's Flicker page just to show what Matthew and I looked like at the Kentucky Derby party. I really have to start taking my camera to these sorts of things. I'll forever be stealing photos from people at this rate.



Me, picking a random horse to bet on



Matthew, picking a random horse



Watching the race



This must be after the race

a little visit to the zoo

Today, we took a little trip to the zoo, just a quick hour or two to see some animals. The zoo was too busy to stay long, but we caught a few cute animal pictures.



My favorite animal at the zoo, the Arabian Wild Cat



The anteater with her little baby



A capybara swimming to stay cool



This is a huge capybara family



Kissin' capys



On the way home from the zoo, we spotted one of the few bunnies that hops around the park, there used to be more of them.

My new mini colander

The itty bitty pink colander pictured in this post is the latest addition to my kitchen. It was the "basket" for an Easter basket from my employers. They have me nailed, as far as my taste goes, this tiny colander is the perfect shade of pink and with such cute little handles, I couldn't love a colander more.



I find it rather amusing that I have just finally added a pink colander to my kitchen collection, since I've wanted one for years. In fact, my yearning for such a little creature was the impetus for getting the job I have now. I remember, during our first two months in San Diego, passing by the pink, enameled, metal ones at Whole Foods and wishing so much that I could buy one. I had really started to run out of money, since I hadn't been working for three months and there was just no way I could make that sort of splurge. So, I grabbed the first fun looking job that I saw. Although I could have bought dozens of small pink colanders over the past three years, I always thought perhaps it was too silly a purchase, especially since I already have four colanders in my cupboard. Well, I was wrong. This little baby is the ideal size for most straining and draining tasks. Now I know why I wanted one so desperately and even got a job so that I could buy one.







And, just for cuteness' sake!
Three, almost identical but ever so slightly different, bunny-in-the-colander poses.

Baby lettuces

They absolutely Had to be picked. The ultra high heat of the past few days had just clinched their little fate. Of course, my baby lettuce plants had begun their decline about a week or two ago but I was holding back picking them until today, silly of me, but I was hoping they'd make a come back.

They made a tasty little salad.



Being baby lettuces, naturally they needed to be placed in a baby colander (my new, pink, baby colander, which will be shown in more, various "poses" in a further post).




The wee radish sprouts were also a nice addition to our dinner salad and desperately needed to be thinned from their crowded pot.

New little gnome fellow

I've added a mini gnome to my collection. My little gardener was getting lonely, so, I found a little fellow to keep him company. This little smoking gnome's favorite thing to do is stand around with his hand in his pocket, puffin' on his pipe. He loves chattin' and makes for excellent company, especially during these hot, summery days.