it's hot indoors

this photo was an accident (and it shows how messy our house is!) - but I like it because bananas appear in the upper corner:

Cookie keeping cool by laying on the narrow arm-rest:

me standing in our guest room - this isn't usually Kim's fashion diary, but I liked my outfit today and wanted to record it :)
(I don't usually stand pigeon-toed either - it's not easy taking a picture of yourself!)

the best part is my necklace, which our friend Tom made for me a few years ago - featuring a miniature CoCo Joe fertility goddess tiki! (on the bottom it reads "Made with Lava / CoCo Joe Hawaii")

this little painting by my grandmother was in my bedroom all through childhood, so I became well familiar with what a Scarlet Tanager looked like - but only saw one in real life for the first time last week! (this painting hangs in the guest room now, which has a bird theme)

meanwhile, back outdoors the alium have new friends: hosta bells

hooray!!! I'm mowing the lawn!!!

our new (used) lawnmower kinda looks like a giant Tonka toy - one of Tim's heritage preservation projects - but it works, that's all that matters :)