Summer concert time

In celebration of Paul's upcoming birthday, we went to see Sara Bareilles, Counting Crows and Maroon 5 last night. We had great seats, the crowd was awesome aaaaaand it was so hot we could hardly see straight. But it was awesome! This was Paul's first trip to Walnut Creek and my first time back since high school. Good times.

Random & in no particular order

I haven't felt inspired to update the blog recently, but uploaded a few pictures from around the house. So with little narrative intruption, here's some pictures.

Sunflower (from our birdseed)


Cana lilies


Brewing storm (lots of booms and wind, little rain)


Weekend grilling


Enjoying some DQ before the fireworks




Summer sunset


Herbs and things

Happy Independence Day, y'all!

From the lovely small town fireworks show we saw last evening (good thing too b/c big, fat, severe thunderstorms are about to blow through now ruining the other big shows tonight):

More flowers

Since the weather has been bearable outside (where'd the humidity go? I don't care, it can stay away!) I took some more pictures of flowers surviving in our yard. Most are super closeup as I'm trying to master the manual focus on my spiffy camera. Enjoy!