Is it July 17th already?

It seems there's so little to update on, and it's been so long! Anyways, moving happily into my new basement cave - wondrous as it is! The kitchen and the living room are all cleaned up and livable. But there are still piles of things in most other rooms of the house. However, I did just get a storage space freed up today - so in some boxes go! Here's a bit of a nostalgia binge: I went through all of these boxes my parents brought out for me that I had packed up in the summer of '08 before I went off to University. It was pretty awesome going through them. I was trying to get rid of some things, but basically all I did was pack them more tightly into the boxes so it seemed like I had gotten rid of 4 boxes worth instead of two.

Today I decided to do a little sewing, when I was probably supposed to be catching up on bio, but whatever. I drew up a bunch of patterns for fruit&veg keychains (!) and ended up making this tiny little fellow I have called Wee Blue Bunny. He ended up a little more lopsided than I would have liked, and I should have stuck with felt for his belly - the fabric I used is sort of weird and stretchy, which makes it hard to keep even.

In other sewing news, I'm thinking of making Big Buckaroo more interesting. Since I made him I have continuously said to myself, "He's not quite 'alive' enough, he needs something more!" So the answer? I think a neckercheif and some chaps are in order! It'll make him look like a real buckaroo from the west. It'll sure make his boring felt torso a lot more intriguing. Maybe I'll give him big Brezhnev eyebrows too.

My garden has shrunk quite a bit since I've moved. It's been a bit neglected lately. But one tomato on my micro tom plants has started to turn red at last! They are LOADED with tomatoes. The back yard gets sun all day and my plants are just loving it! My Brandywine toms are chest high and started flowering a few weeks ago. Hopefully I'll be able to get some huuuge tomatoes off of them!

I think I'm going to go to a park further north tomorrow and get some nature shooting in. I haven't been out with my Sony in a very, very long time, so it's time to delve into nature for some gorgeous shots again! It'll be a bit of a haul by transit to get up there, but hopefully it'll be well worth it. I was going to go up there today, but my mom, dad and puppy left today and after that, I wasn't feeling up to too much of anything (except A LOT of Star Trek: Deep Space 9). Azn's coming to visit next week for 4 or 5 days and I may have a hot date the week after (?) busy busy busy.

Hope everyone's summer is going swell!