may flowers

i had lots of fun playing around with these tulips (thank you tj's). it reminded me of early mornings at the radish cleaning tulips for orders. really miss the sf flower market and getting my hands dirty.

the neighborhood has gone from sweet hyacinths in bloom to brightly colored rhododendrons. peonies and hydrangeas are coming soon...

sea skies

dinner on sam's boat in the chesapeake bay during our stay in virginia.

goes to washington

memorial day weekend was really fantastic. we arrived at bwi ("beewee") at 8am last friday and spent the entire, and i mean entire, day seeing monuments and memorials and museums. sensory overload hit around 5 o'clock so we headed to virginia where we stayed at sam (deborah's cousin) and brenda's home for a few days.

the white house was of course beautiful, and was of course surrounded by protesters. i got a peek at mrs. obama's garden and the gardener but the grounds were otherwise still.

there were plenty of veterans out and about (especially vietnam vets on motorcycles) paying their respects, and i couldn't help but feel overwhelmed and sad while wandering from memorial to memorial. although i was up to my eyeballs in tourists and pouring sweat (and i'm from california?!) it was difficult not to be swept up by the power of each quote or scene.

we spent a fair amount of time at the national gallery of art, where we ran upstairs to see ginevra de' benci by leonardo da vinci. that excitement came and went as trevor and i found a comfy couch to hang out on, as 3:30am wake up calls are not usually our thing. i could have easily spent a few more days concentrating on museums and galleries alone-- luckily that trip is just a short plane ride away.

sunny afternoon

shiny new nail polish for our memorial day weekend trip to washington dc. we are flying into baltimore tomorrow morning and will drive to capital hill for museums, memorials, and so on and so on.

happy birthday, little sister!

dog nap

strawberry rhubarb pie

trevor made this last night and apparently had some for breakfast this morning.

cambridge

trev and i went on a quick trip to cambridge this afternoon. after eating terrible pizza, we stumbled upon a lovely travel boutique called passport. i left with a simple eye mask (for the mornings when the sun rises too early and the evenings when trevor is up reading too late), though i lusted after beautiful grey tweed luggage.

we didn't spend any time on the hah-vad campus, but i did manage to photograph some bits of buildings as we drove around.

a canadian tourist?

lily of the valley

my mental map was put to good use this afternoon as i ran errands. today is deborah's (trevor's mom) birthday and i had fun gathering items for dinner (homemade pizza, mmmm) and checking out some of natick and wellsley.

trevor and i wanted to get her a little something, so i picked up this precious tea cup at my favorite place, anthropologie, and bought the lily of the valley at what is sure to be a new favorite place, winston flowers. these beauties are everywhere! when golly and i go for walks (cute photo coming soon) i notice them growing in almost every yard. some of the gardens here are so sweet, they make me want to have a tea party.

happy birthday deborah!

we're heeeere

a long overdue note about trevor and i landing in boston last saturday. we have spent the last few days catching up and acclimating to a new schedule and surroundings.

very tired and homesick. i hope to have more exciting things to share soon.