happy father's day

Any fellow blogger users out there? Blogger debuted a crazy spanking new editor over the past few weeks. I am not sure I'm a fan...it took me about a dozen tries to get a new post to load.

Today is Father's Day, although I am not spending it with my dad. I had some flag football earlier today (loss! boo!) and I'm sure my dad is spending it happily on the golf course. I'm about to head out to do some weeding since it's finally stopped raining. I really should get some pictures of my out of control gardens. I also started a compost bin yesterday...clearly I lead an amazing and exciting life. I kind of want some beehives like Finny Knits has, but let's be honest: I can barely keep two dogs and myself fed and alive, I'm supposed to be responsible for a thousand other beings? Also, she has an awesome awesome yard and I'm jealous.



This is a pic I took of my dad taking a pic of me in Greece. You can't really tell it's Greece except that there's some bougainvillea behind him, and there is bougainvillea in Greece. Erego, he is in Greece. Happy Father's Day to an awesome dad!

around the world

I have been meaning to post, really, truly. I took some pictures of some garden work in late April/early May to add here, but I either managed to delete them or hide them so well I can't find them on my camera. It's totally worth it, so I will re-take the pictures just for you (sarcasm noted). A friend (hi J!) also reminded me so kindly that my 101 Things project is very early coming to an end. Yikes! I am way behind. I shall update my list and determine just how poorly I did on this project.

That said, I do have some new pics to share of a trip I just took to Athens, Santorini and Paros. It would have been an ideal trip had the weather cooperated even just a little bit, but that's the way it goes. You haven't lived until you've shown up on a desert island in a skirt and flip flops only to discover it's 63 degrees out with 40 mph winds. You haven't lived!


Jules and me in front of the Parthenon


Lighthouse in Parikia, Paros


This was going to be our Christmas card except A) the photographer cut off my dad's head and B)it's blurry. You can tell how darn windy it is in this pic! Also, you have not lived a second time until you try to convince Europeans to take your picture just so- right there- no, don't zoom- wait for that person to get out of the spot- did I blink? for the family Christmas card.


Bless the heart of some kind young American guy (married, drat!) who humored us into crouching down and standing on X marks the spot for this pic. We are obsessed with finding a suitable Christmas card pic in my family. Obsessed.


Hadrian's Arch at sunset


The fam, day one. Note that I'm wearing a jacket, jeans and a scarf. I brought two jackets, one pair of jeans, two dresses and two skirts. I wore my jeans every. single. day. No joke. I stand by my Land's End Canvas duds- they held up well!! Also, this was staged as a Christmas card shot, but we are clearly tiny ants in this perspective and that just. won't. do.

So there's my trip in a nutshell. We stayed at an awesome place in Santorini (Anatoli Hotel) and ate lots of yummy food, saw a bunch of ruins, and read a ton of books. I joked during the trip that we could have had the same vacation but $5000 cheaper had we just flown to Southern California (for the climate/landscape), sat by a pool reading and drinking cheap beer while eating take out from a Greek restaurant. My dad found this less than amusing.