Grass and Sky

I'm glad I managed to get a few pics of the costume before I left for the party yesterday, because I didn't get any at the party. But it was a fun night. I know the hostess, have met her boyfriend and didn't know anyone else at all. But I managed to mingle and do a little socializing anyway, and spent a lot of time just hanging out watching and listening. And there was some dancing. I haven't danced in years so that was tremendous fun!

The costumes were fun. A guy in a Tyler Myers jersey with an old school goalie mask. A cool go-go dancer outfit, Peg and Al Bundy, Coach Taylor from Friday Night Lights, Mrs. Ben Roethlisberger. Someone came as a burger, friend C was a lion. Al Borland from Home Improvement (really drunk, high and pretty obnoxious, unfortunately), the Blind Melon bee, a neutrino, the ballerina from Black Swan, a bunch of other stuff I either can't remember or didn't get.

I got home around 3:45, which is hugely late for me these days, and it still took me over an hour to fall asleep. I hate my brain some days. But I made myself get up "early" so that there is some hope of sleeping tonight. Somehow I have a feeling today will not be the most productive day ever, lol.

( Pics of the costume. )

Such a sucker for my kitties am I. After thirteen months of Mal and Zoe keeping a careful distance, I turned on my little desk lamp in my very dark living room and spied this:



They were so very casual about it, too, like they sleep back to back all the time and couldn't understand what all the fuss was when I went running for the camera. *hearts adorable cats*

It was a good day. Nice and cool and cloudy, with a little drizzly/misty rain. The kind of day that I love, especially after a long run of hot, sunny days (no, I don't like summer, why do you ask?). It rained lightly the whole walk home and it felt very refreshing. I was almost home when I had to stop to watch a pair of bunnies on the lawn of my neighborhood church.



I caught this picture a week or so ago, on a cloudy morning when there was only one bunny out. This afternoon there were two. I stood still and waited to see what they were going to do, but apparently what they wanted to do was freeze in the hopes that the scary monster (me) wouldn't see them. It was laughable, in that they were not even slightly camoflauged or hidden, so the whole freezing in self-defense trick wasn't really helping. But I felt bad because they were clearly scared, so I moved along and let them get back to eating their supper.

eve11 called me shortly after I got home, so see if I wanted to grab a bite to eat. Being the sort who would really rather eat anywhere other than home, I jumped at the chance. We ended up at Gullifty's, where I had a mediocre chicken taco salad and an exceptionally yummy deep dish apple walnut pie. Gullifty's is much more known for their desserts than their meals.

We spent the evening talking hockey, hockey, and maybe just a bit more hockey. Only one more game and then it's a long hockey drought until next October. Hopefully, the Pens will make it an excellent last game. It would be so sweet if they won and brought the Stanley Cup to Pittsburgh, but mainly, I just want them to not have a crappo, blowout kind of game.

On Saturday, lyda_pearl, whtmtnwmn, Shadow, Ben, Bowie and I did a hike up to Dome Rock.

( Photo heavy trail narration )