Last weekend the weather here was so wonderful. It was hot if you can believe it but I was not complaining, I was enjoying every moment of it. On that Sunday Walker and I had planned to go pitch and putting as part of his continued birthday celebrations.
First, though, we had to say bye to a friend who was leaving for Nepal! More on that later. Then we took the bus up near Green Lake and walked in the hot sun to the course. We even spotted a garage sale on the way and I got a few fun things!
I came out strong with a swing that got my first ball right on the green! Wow! Walker started out rough but soon figured out his swing while I lost mine. He ended up winning by 4 or 5 swings but we had a lot of fun. Next time though maybe we should go with a group so we have a little more competition.
I then talked Walker into walking to one of the Green Lake beaches where I swam. We then took 2 buses home and decided we needed to have a margarita in the sun. We spend the rest of the day on the couch watching movies.
Walker turned 28 last Wednesday. We didn’t really make any plans (that he knew of) since it was during the week so when he left for work I just said that we’d figure something out when he got home. Then I got to work because I had a lot to do!
I hung a curtain from the entry way into the living room so he couldn’t see that I had set up the tent where his birthday evening would take place. I got all the groceries I needed and baked and did a lot of prep work. I made his birthday surprise book and wrote all the clues and hid things around the house. I set up appetizers and cocktails in the tent and waited for Walker to get home.
^curtain for Walker to see when he walked in the door
^birthday surprise book. I got this “book” from atly because they are sponsoring Alt Summit in San Francisco (and I’m going!) with information about their company but I reused it as a clue book for Walker. It was perfect!
^inside the book. An overall explanation and 6 clues to start. I also had extra clues with some of the initial surprises that comprised round 2 of the clues. Some of them were to go to a certain place (the tent), some were little gifts, some were parts of the meal (beer).
^Walker finding the tent. ha!
^appetizers in the tent.
^clue reading. I had such a hard time not blurting out the answers. It’s possible I enjoyed it even more than he did.
^I hung little stars in the tent, you know since we were “camping”.
^course 1: arugula and spinach salad with beets, walnuts, balsamic soaked strawberries, with a grapefruit vinaigrette. course 2 was pizza with pesto and toppings.
^course 3 or the dessert course. strawberry shortcake, coconut chocolate ice cream, cupcake, homemade vegan peanut butter cup, and a chocolate bar. It might have been overkill but it was all really good! also the entire meal and all desserts were vegan.
^after all the food, games, and watching the sunset we ended in the tent listening to night sounds I captured last time I was home (featuring a whippoorwill, spring peepers-frogs, and various bugs).
For the month of June my project was to take a picture of something every day that made me smile. If you’re just joining, this project is a part of a year long project (12 monthly projects) to do something every month and document it in some way. For the most part that’s been taking pictures but for the month of May it was blogging every day! Phew!
June was a bit easier since I knew I would be traveling a lot. So here are some things that made me smile in June.
^-Walker at the beach
-farmer’s market strawberries
-reading in the sun
-my friend wearing his shirt all funny
^-Walker making fun of one of my many weird faces
-Walker drinking beer from Bell’s (a really great brewery in my college town)
-friends at a wedding playing guitar
-at the sand dunes with Walker
-at grocer’s daughter chocolates with Walker
-my mom’s dog Molly B.
^-a duck with her babies
-iris farm
-rhubarbade in the hammock
-first 2 wild strawberries of the season
-making pierogies for the family
-taking a shipwreck tour
-family on father’s day
-lots of wild strawberries
^-Walker working from home my first day back from Michigan
-Seattle gum wall!
-butterfly cupcakes
-picking strawberries in Washington
-Walker and a sunset
-strawberry pancakes
-farmer’s market cherries
-Walker’s birthday in a tent
-pacific tower building in Seattle
-I get to be part of this blogger exchange!
-sorbet on a hot day
-pitch and putting with Walker
What do I have up my sleeve for July? It should be interesting…
I’ve chosen to take a photo of a stranger a day. At the very least it will get me out of the house every day.
