How Peet & Nilla spend a lot of time

Coconut Seven Layer Bar & Chocolate Therapy

In which I make use of my camera's "flower" setting

(Ty and I both took a ton of pictures)







and also: i liked the name of this one

We spent the rainiest part of Sunday at OMSI

(Oregon Museum of Science and Industry)

A few quick shots from Portland

For Grandma Benson on her birthday

I happened to see these growing on campus while walking to my bus this afternoon.

Three years ago today

Three years ago today: my graduation from KU, and the day Jason asked me to marry him (though I didn't know it yet at the time of this picture).

Happy engagement-versary, Jas!

blurry... but you get the idea.

New exercise shoes

Gumdrop

[gumdrop = name of yarn colorway]

Burnt cookies

I made orange chocolate-chip cookies this morning. They looked pretty before I put them in the oven.But then I burnt them. Apparently the oven in our new house runs hot. At least it wasn't as bad as the time I put easymac noodles in the microwave without water. I've been trying to dig up the pictures of that, but so far no luck.

Guarding food for a PILA event tomorrow

Inspired

Through the wonders of Ravelry, I saw that my friend Pan just finished up a garterlac dishcloth. It inspired me to finish one I'd started back in March!

New dog toys: a story

The new toys:The carnage:
The peace treaty:
The inevitable outcome:

it's mother's day!

happy mother's day to all the mothers in our lives!

Strawberries

celebratory cupcakes

for Rachel's birthday!

(maker of yummy cupcakes)

Our first cookout!

We finally, finally got everything together (grill, propane, grill-able meat) in one place and grilled brats last night. Yum!

May Flowers (on campus)

Lucky me!

I won this book on a knitting blog last week - and it's signed by the author. Lucky me!

I-5 on Sunday Afternoon

From the Pioneer Square bus tunnel stairs

A quote going up the stairs out of the bus tunnel:
"My attention was thus turned to the Sound, and I formed the purpose of looking in that direction." -Arthur Denny, early Seattle founder/settler