when Christine and i were walking, an egret flew overhead. that's something that always makes my heart sing. when we got back to the house, there was a small hawk sitting on the horizontal bar on the streetlight outside the house. then he took off and flew on silent wings. then later in the afternoon i saw a redtail hawk flying near the freeway. pretty darn exciting. a three bird day.
lessons from Linda:
when approaching a traffic signal on green, speed up just a bit. if you brake and it turns yellow, you will have to stop. if you speed up and it turns yellow, most likely you will make it through. and at the price of gas these days, who wants to spend more time sitting at a red light.
pack for travel with a color palette: black/white/grey, or tan/brown, or navy. that way more stuff goes together and you take fewer shoes. hard for me to do cuz so many of my tops are colorful. but i think i'll do black for the europe trip. lots of black pants, 2 pairs of black walking shoes. we will pack one suitcase with the dressy stuff and then figure out a way to check it or have someone come pick it up while we are gone for the first 5 days.
christine approved of the smaller fabric flower ... it even has a few curly feathers and a bit of sparkle. and the purse is great. (thanks so much Audrey for going on the hunt in NYC and shipping them here.) and the blue sandals for the party dress will be fine. now the only thing i really need to buy is a pair of simple black pumps.
i am worried that i saw a new possum in the back tonight, and ketzl's reaction was pretty strong. grrrr.
