routine interrupted

that's right. my rigorous routine has been interrupted by the arrival of the raspberries. now, i'm up in the morning, make my coffee, GATHER RASPBERRIES, then am free to continue on with my reading and painting and such. and i've been doing a lot of both lately. good books i've finished lately: The Bell Jar and Silent Spring. and i'm currently reading The Moor's Last Sigh, which has been a fantastic read. i'm also painting the house from the terrible tan it was to a dark, dark, almost black charcoal, grey, white, and some red. you'll see pictures of that soon enough.

i may have mentioned my dog's ability to get wrapped up around anything and everything in the yard, and here is photo documentation of just that. image to the left would be incident 1: trapped around the laundry line post. he sort of resigned himself to the fact that he was trapped and stayed there quietly until i came and released him from his prison of string. then... three minutes later.... incident 2: trapped in the chair. this photo expose will no doubt be continued.

i also saw some awesome bugs on the raspberry bush.... little monsters. i think they are taking turns giving each other rides.