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and on a tuesday morning it began.

wyoming

the other week i got to go home to wyoming.  my aunts had a bridal shower for me (and arley!), my daddy and i made peach preserves from my new (old and huge) peach tree, and we spent lots of time at the cabin.  

here are some pictures i ended up with.  

all-american kitty.

kind of creepy looking.  but beautiful voice.

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oni is very proud of herself when she escapes.

she doesn't usually even try to go far - she just wants to roll in the dirt.  and then lay in the shade.  i'm sure she would love a hammock and some lemonade.  american-like…

happy 4th, kids.

just some things.

the raddest song i've heard all month.  it makes no sense at all.  and i like that about a song.


things i like.

the morning after a really good night at work.

the peaches that are growing in our backyard.  

thinking of ways to stay awake when i am on standby.

watching the planes land at the airport.

my sissy's new house.

backyards and sprinklers on hot days.

magical dresses.

summertime sunsets.

lovely.

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i had an awful, awful wedding dress shopping experience the other week.
to make a stupid story short, there were at least 30 straight hours of no sleep, there were hormones, and there may or may not have been a few cries.
so i am quadrupling my working out efforts so that sort of thing never ever happens again.
and i am quadrupling my working out efforts so that eda isn't bored out of her mind and has to sleep 22 hours every day (although i kind of suspect that she likes it just a tiny, tiny bit).

here is the park that i like to take eda to, after we stop at the school so she can get her leash pulls worked out.