April 30, 2014

Never Gets Old

Happy Day 8
Sunset over the Sound and Olympics from the lookout down the way (on aptly named Sunset Ave.)

April 29, 2014

In Season

Happy Day 7
Farmers market asparagus, staying hydrated in an aesthetically pleasing manner (Greg's handiwork!). 
Asparagus isn't a veggie that I wait all year with bated breath for. But with a little olive oil and lemon, grilled so that it gets a little carmel-y, and sprinkled with salt and pepper and topped with shaved parmesan, it's a whole different animal.

April 28, 2014

Let Us Out

Happy Day 6
After being stuck inside working most of the day, a nice long walk through the neighborhood this evening, taking in the sunshine, scenery, and high spring.

April 27, 2014

Tidied Up

Happy Day 5
I've observed that, more often than you would think for Seattle, when the forecast calls for a 70% chance of rain, it actually means it will be partly to mostly sunny. Such was the case today, so we made hay, i.e. finished some mulching, trimmed back bushes, cleaned up beds, did a little planting, and swept up walks and patio and deck. This side of the house needs a color intervention, the plantings are almost all one uniform shade of green. A month or so ago, I had a cutting garden consultation with Kelly of Botanique and she provided me with a plant list to add more variety to the established landscape. She gave me a bunch of great suggestions for this stretch, so now that it's all neat and tidy, I can't wait to get started with a little make-over to make it more interesting!

April 26, 2014

Nom, Nom

Happy Day 4
After an afternoon working outside, a delicious burger made with love by the husband, one of my best installments yet in the never-ending saga that is the quest for the perfect from-the-oven sweet potato fries, and sweet little heirloom cherry tomatoes. 

April 25, 2014

Squeaky

Happy Day 3
Not exactly a fun-filled day getting the house ship-shape, but the end result is always worth it. Freshly mopped hardwoods, they make me happy.

Pale Pretty

Happy Day 2
Just in the nick of time for day two, blushing tulips. Flowers on the dining room table make the house home.

April 24, 2014

Big (Happy) News

Happy Day 1
My first happy day officially ended about 60 seconds ago. But because the subject is something SO happy (and exciting and scary), that I didn't know exactly how to announce it here before a wonderful way presented itself today, I am going for it while there's still wind in my sail. I am (we are) having a baby girl, due the 1st of September! More than halfway there at 21 weeks! 

Last week we jetted away to Hawaii for a babymoon. Thanks to the fact that Greg travels a LOT for work, we had miles and points at our disposal to help make such a thing possible. It was a wonderful few days of just being together and relaxing. We got back yesterday and I was feeling kind of bummed that the whole thing was over and on top of that, Greg had to immediately hit the sky this morning. I'd seen the #100happydays hashtag floating around and looked it up, and decided to jump on the bandwagon. A daily meditation on gratitude in visual form can't be a bad thing. Especially if a by-product is taking more photos of daily life and sharing them here, something I want to do badly anyway. I am using Instagram as my platform, but like I just said will also be posting the images here (daily!).

Today (ok yesterday) we received our first baby gift from my sweet co-worker, new mom herself, and fellow West Seattleite, Katie. A pretty floral bib and a hen and chick ring. I could not have chosen better! :) Right now everything-must-be-picture-perfect me is wondering how I'll ever allow either one to be drooled (or worse) on. But I'm sure I'll get over that right quick when the time comes!

April 1, 2014

Of the Moment Interlude

I am itching to lose the six month lag time between blog and reality! Spring is really coming on. Things are blooming like camellias and daffs...
the sun has finally returned to the floor. Ahhhhh, floor sun.
There are so many photos I'd like to be taking at the moment to go along with subjects I want to address here. Hope to get to it quickly!