the parsley patch

i love my parsley patch, it is just outside my back door and provides endless entertainment as i watch my manti grow up among its leaves. here are a few fans of this ever-lovin' herb. best viewed in maximize size, so give them a click

 this guy has been here for 2 days

 i'm wondering if he ate a few of my manti babies

 beetles and black fly

 busy ant

 nest

white death

earwig in a stem cave

the only truly red ladybug i've ever seen

walk #7

 spider portaledges on 10 foot hedge

 firemen pipe band practice outside station #5 

 curious

 just fledged-kersplat-on the pavement outside the coffee shop

 hippy biker smudge

unlucky

 pets n porn

 gum

visits

lynette and lindsey stop by after going to the farmer's market

my praying mantis nest proved fruitful, so far I've counted 6 of the wee buggers in my parsley patch 

this little lady was following my around the yard for a couple of days, even around my kitchen, past henry and winnabago, acting like she wanted me to hold her. she had a bad cold so a seed pod stuck to her nose. unfortunately i haven't seen her since a transformer blew out back, the power guys said a squirrel did it. i've got a feeling she's zapped.

scott and denise at the coffee shop, picking out house paint

mom and dad came for a long weekend, we had a great visit, and they fixed my gate!

annual firefighter memorial mustache ride

every year the firefighters of boise have one month to grow the 'best' mustache they can, then they have a fundraiser where people come in mustaches to bike from one end of town to the other, stopping at bars and the memorial site along the way. this year it was rainy, but over 200 of us powered through

 our burningman rv and bike trailer at the beginning of the trek

the brick we donated to the cause at the statue site

modern (hotel) art

every year the modern hotel opens its rooms to artists, so they can display their art and ideas freely to the public. it is a creative blast. there are performance artists, writers, dancers, knitters, conceptualists, and of course, painters. we were thankful for the taco trucks as well, it took time to see everything

 the masses making their way through the rooms. one room offered picket signs visitors could carry around

 jesse, evie and chris join the fray

 the room i helped with had writers who took a word from a visitor and created a short story out of it, this one is for my friend jimsi, her word was 'interesting'

 my friend cari went to the oracle, who handed out sage words of wisdom

another room offered the gift of annonymity, so you could observe the courtyard guilt-free

more lately

excuse my use of the phone camera in recent posts, poor quality but good enough to give the gist of current boise action

mid-hike to look for baby owls with abbie, elsinore, lynette, lisa and lindsey

Chia 4! cari, chris and i (a.k.a. the chia pets) rocked the pub trivia. we got 4th place out of 13 teams. greg (far right) was there to cheer us on with his electro-bright polyester shirt.  

 you're not special at the pie hole

 pie hole pizza post david sedaris reading

last year's poppy pod in my garden