maryna and theresa mailed me

the collapsible colander i

had been obsessed with for a year!

the package was accompanied with

macarons and monterrey bay aquarium gifts

and the infamous ballooo0o0o!
i laughed out loud when i saw him.
THANK YOU!!

~from a few months ago~

ashley and i looked at each other today and realized

we were both wearing black dresses with blue cardigans.

then we decided "eh, why not?" & got matching necklaces
made from calendars by ugandan teenagers
^then i made us both puffball garlands ^

the day i wandered to the lake,

sat under a tree and read a book

about a syrian man during hurricane katrina
(based on true events)

SUNFLOWERS AT PIKE MARKET $1
i was a tourist today & got some potato bread
and the best blackberry scone i've ever had.

my lithop back in california bloomed!

DAY IN FREMONT WITH NATALIE

on saturday, i visited my friend natalie!
~we went on a tour at theo's chocolate factory

~ate paseo's sandwiches w/ a peach i got at a farm

~showed each other pictures from

morocco + france & new zealand + tonga
~we also went to little boutiques and gawked
at cute locally produced stuff.

vanessa showed me this picture and said

"i think this picture captures your spirit."

i found a plant in a dumpster outside grace's apartment.

i gave it some water and now it's healthy again.

i also pulled a succulent off a tree

in during the "neighborhood walk"
and gave it a new home

in a banana flavored yogurt container.

today, my 2nd grade buddy M hugged me

for the first time after playing four-square

(he's really shy and quiet,

so it was a very magical moment).

i get to see this sunset every evening :)

day trip to discovery park!
  

we hiked for 6 hours through low tide & forests
& saw a galore of dead animals

(dead jellyfish, dead baby sea otter)

as well as some live animals

(bald eagle, heron, chipmunks).

picking wild berries
along our hike, ashley and i decided

to engage in some serious blackberry
harvesting. we scavenged about 3 lbs
and each ate ~a hundred berries along the way.

the sweetest juiciest patches

were along the beach in the sunshine.

thorns and bees didn't stop us.

 we want to bake a blackberry cobbler

and topple it with vanilla ice cream!

Anatidaephobia- the fear that somewhere,

somehow, a duck is watching you.

SUNSHINE CLEANING

"i want to thank you for all

being here, a part of this program.

i am really proud of everybody
and the work you are doing."

-kate
co-professor of my favorite class.

this is so powerful,

it gets at the heart of it all.