Happy Summer!

I couldn't resist posting this cute little summer solstice Google doodle by Takashi Murakami

 

Japanese artist's cartoon The First Day of Summer celebrates the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere

Flower in my driveway

Flower in the crannied wall

Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies;—
Hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
Little flower—but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I should know what God and man is.

— Alfred, Lord Tennyson  (1809–1892)

Habit

I'm in a hurry --
I think, "I won't wash the rice."
Then I wash the rice.

Nesting Jays

Steller's jays have finally discovered our yard! Our birch trees to be exact. A pair cruised by this morning, one had a beakfull of nesting material gathered from our birch trees -- just the tender tips of the branches. It looked like tassels when it shook its head.

April Fooled

My coworkers fooled me while I was at lunch today. Brilliant!