happy stuff.

the craftiness has been a bit quiet on the blog lately because i am in the midst of a project that has turned out to be a bit bigger than i’d originally estimated. it’s a gift for someone who might be reading this blog, so i can’t give you many details, but there’s a sneak [...]

i woke up this morning with a sore throat that i caught from mr. happy stuff.  he was sick last week and i was silly enough to kiss him (how could i resist?) and now i’m paying the price.  cough, cough, sneeze, wheeze, sniffle.  today was my day off, so no temptation to work through [...]

here’s another restful photo from my garden to illustrate the zen feeling of a freshly cleaned “virtual” house. i have moved most of my “librarian’s log” archives over to goodreads. i will keep only the current year listed in my sidebar here. i still need to update my blogroll, but i think i’ll wait on [...]

found this in my yard today.  i love it when things bloom that i forgot planting.  although, i’m pretty sure my sister planted these.  thanks, sis!

earlier this week, i was driving to work along the highway when some flashy stuff caught my eye. i glanced over, and there, in an open field, were hundreds (thousands?) of pinwheels, stuck into the ground in the shape of a giant pinwheel.  very eye-catching.  i wasn’t sure if it was some sort of art [...]

and it’s bustin’ out all over!  i was late to work this morning because i just had to take a minute to snap some shots of these cute little purply-blue weedflowers that have taken over our side yard (and they are welcome to it!) while they still had morning dew.  almost (but not quite) as [...]

remember this baby? last friday i took a few more pictures of her. she’s gotten a little bigger. here are some comparison shots: and here are a few of my other favorites from our photo shoot. i love the lighting we had! and a silly one just for fun:

tuesday marks the eighth anniversary of mr. happy stuff and i getting married, so this weekend, we celebrated.  after our grand friday night fajita fete, we slept in a little bit on saturday morning, then went to the first outdoor farmer’s market of the year!  woo hoo! it’s back!  although the vendors were a bit [...]

so last night we threw our “unpredictably annual” fajita party and had a great time.  we saw friends that we haven’t seen for a long time (it’s been a long, cold, lonely winter…) and ate super yummy food.  the fajita party is unpredictably annual because it’s not focused on any particular time of year (as [...]

oh, i wish i had an underwater camera!*  tonight, i went swimming with two friends and one showed me a fun thing she used to do as a kid (maybe everyone else already knows about these?  maybe i knew at one point, but forgot?) called “underwater tea parties” where you try to sit cross-legged on [...]