Hot in the city! Hot in the city tonight! Tonight! (New York!)

Well, I have the flu again. It's so tedious I won't go into it. Seeing my dr and hopefully getting rid of this blasted thing once and for all.

BUT.

I have gotten time to organize my home a bit more which is always good. And I thought I'd share with you Jon's and my dinner last night - we got to enjoy the fruits of our labor... literally! Ooh- my humor is too good, too good. ... Sigh.

We had a Caprese Salad with plum tomatoes and basil from our garden, and fresh mozzarella cheese from NYC which is always a treat. Oooohhh-wee it was delicious. Fresh basil... right from our garden! Kind of amazing.

And I had to snap a few photos of my darling, Yoda, who always helps me organize and sew. His specialties are: 1) eating while we're asleep (apparently, since he is quite large and I almost never see him eat); 2) lounging; 3) snuggles. He does all of these with all of the sincerity he approaches life, which is quite noticeable.

Summer is a pain in the ass. I am NOT looking forward to taking the subway to the dr's... but hey, in a few weeks the temps will start dropping and I will be THE HAPPIEST person in the world. Because then the best weather in the world is on its way - Fall.

Summer is zipping by... I'm not that unhappy about it!

Summer is wonderful, but I hate being hot so much that I often don't look forward to it as a season. I love Fall, it's my favorite so the end of Summer is met with big smiles on my face and a greedy rubbing-of-hands and cackling. Everyone else gets depressed, I have an extra bounce in my walk when the temps get down below 65F. Bye bye, Humidity! So long, Sweat! Ciao, Sunblock!

Hello long-sleeved shirts and light sweaters, tights and jackets, layers and crisp breezes!

So I'm not sad it's mid-August and the days are getting shorter. I do love the sunshine when it doesn't make me hot, but I also love storms and overcast days.

Let me talk MORE about the weather.

ANYWAY.
I have been riding my bike around, not as much as I'd like to given the heat we've been experiencing. 80F I can do, but 90 is a bit much... so it's the gym over the bike until later this Fall.

I have so much sewing to do it's crazy. CRAZY. I can't even make a list because it stresses me out too much. So much fun, but a lot of work.

I have had many visits from friends this Summer which has been so fun! I got married again (to the same person), had a birthday, had a family trip, traveled a bit, went to the beach, have been performing... the list goes on.

I am trying to grow tomatoes and peppers in our backyard. So far we've had four cherry tomatoes and have a few sweet and hot peppers growing and one, very green plum tomato who has yet to show any signs of becoming edible. Hmph.

We went to a friend's baby shower and my husband, who went to grad school for art, painted a onesie for their still-in-utero-son. The mother is an opera singer, and the father an actor friend of mine who used to be a bit of a trouble maker when he was younger. So Jon made this onesie. Mine is a lop-eared rabbit... not quite as talented as my husband in the visual arts arena.

Once again I am thankful for my life, for my family, for my friends... my life is a very rich one. And as I begin to see the fall of Summer it reminds that time is marching on, with or without our permission, and I acknowlege the people in my life who truly make it the wonderful, special experience it is.

I face many challenges in the coming years... personally and professionally. But I have to believe that as long as I keep my dark, pessimistic sense of humor and my heart open to change and my hand open to martinis, all will be well enough.