Monday, 11 May 2009

-- Hello, blog friends! I am beyond pleased (super-pleased?) to say that all the copies of my zine have been sold. They're in the hands of the postal service now. Thanks, everybody!

-- Another photo of the apple blossoms, up above. They smell as nice as they look, although it's a fairly subtle scent. The lilacs, on the other hand, have gone a bit crazy with the perfume thing -- and they're not even all open yet! I really must prune the hedge back once they're done blooming, because it's kind of out of control at the moment. One of these days, I might open the living room curtains to find that the lilacs have literally broken through the windows. (Literally being used in a figurative sense, there. For annoyance.)

-- It was a lovely day today, and I was able to get out on my bike (to the post office) in the morning and then did some yard work after dinner. I was pulling out grass and last year's growth from the row of hostas along my alley, and I couldn't help noticing how nice my new garden looks. I still have to get woodchips as soon as the city chops down some trees, but it's looking good. I wish things could always be as lush as they are in the spring. I mowed that grass just a couple of days ago!

-- I feel like I got a lot done today, although it was in bits and pieces -- no big projects to tackle. I stopped at Whole Foods in the afternoon and brought home a pint of blueberry cheesecake soy ice cream. It really IS chock full of real blueberries. Nom.

-- I bought this book with some of my zine earnings (that link is old; if you go to the shopfront and flip through the pages, there should still be copies available). Then I hopped over to Amazon.com and bought Jeffrey Brown's latest book and Molly's book (not with PayPal money, sadly). Now to sit by my mail slot for the next week, until things start showing up. I'll be like Beany, contorting myself in an effort to see if the post has arrived.