Just like heaven

[plural]

spent the morning
lounging on cool grass
feeling the sun warm my skin
around noon
I went for a long walk through the trees
secret little paths
which lead my mind to
peace

afterwards
I decided to take some photographs

here are two of my favorites





you can find the rest Here

afterwards
I took the long way
back to my car

and began my drive home
on the way I passed
a little Italian place
I had been meaning to visit for some time now
and
surprise surprise
but seeing as I had not eaten all day
I found myself famished

I stopped in
found myself a seat in the cozy atmosphere
and glanced over the menu

to start I ordered
slices of fresh buffalo mozzarella and tomato
rolled in olive oil, spices and shreds of oregano

it was beyond divine
its soft delicate flavor collapsing on my tongue

for an entree
I requested eggplant parmigiano
which it turned out to come with a side salad
and a few slices of a nice rustic bread

I opted for the homemade house Italian dressing
which was a fairly intense and delicious
puree of vegetables and balsamic vinegar

it was a purely sumptuous experience
and a fitting end
to a decidedly pleasant and distracting day

and with that
I am off to shower and gather
myself
together for the evening
I have been informed that I have been granted
an unlimited bar tab at a local club tonight
and
I do plan on abusing it
*grin*

Comments

[kaitain.livejournal.com]

It was nice to come home to see these, as I had spent a lazy morning meandering through a greenhouse. It brought back my contentment.

[lambie.livejournal.com]

beautiful.
i want to live there.

[lambie.livejournal.com]

I have been informed that I have been granted
an unlimited bar tab at a local club tonight.

how'd you swing that?

[quel.livejournal.com]

Hey, we have the same digital camera. I love the instant gratification of digital, but I'm still loyal to my Nikon.

The shot of the rusty metal sculpture was my favorite, but the white hydrangeas are gorgeous. They always remind me of parchment. They have rows of them at the conservatory by the SAM this time of year. I'm sure you've been there.

[plural.livejournal.com]

it was a friends way
[he owns the bar]
of returning a favor
which I did for him
and
boy
did I ever abuse it
*grin*

it is a good thing I
do not get hangovers
or I would be in a world of hurt
about now

[plural.livejournal.com]

it is quite
I have been spending a lot of time there
this summer

which is not really a surprise
seeing how much time I used to spend
in the Seattle Arboretum
[specifically the japanese gardens]
[with in it]

[plural.livejournal.com]

yeah I love my digital
I do all my color work with it
but
my heart is still
with my Contax 139
and B&W film

it is almost as old as I am
and I have had it for 14 years
you cant replace that sort of history
and ritual
with instant gratification

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[lambie.livejournal.com]

mmm.
seattle.
how i've dreamed of living there...

one day.
one day.

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[lambie.livejournal.com]

i was thinking that you did
and
that was the reason you weren't around yesterday.

[plural.livejournal.com]

seattle is my home
while I may reside other places
it is there I shall return

I think
you will like it

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[lambie.livejournal.com]

i know i would.
everyone i talk to says i would hate it because it's always so cold & rainy
but i know if i went, i would never want to leave.

[plural.livejournal.com]

well it definitely isnt florida
but
cold and rainy is an overstatement

we get a week of truely cold weather in winter
and a week of truely hot weather in summer

other than that it is comfortably mild
in the winter is can be brisk
and the summer warm
[but with a delicious ocean breeze to keep you cool]

rain is present but of a different sort that the south has

mostly it is a light rain
sprinkles really
to most native seattlites an umbrella is unneeded

in the spring and summer it is quite beautiful
light mistings of rain
illuminate rays of sunlight
and serve to freshen the city
for the nights adventures

I have lived many places
and there is no place as beautiful
as my home

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[lambie.livejournal.com]

mmm.
sounds wonderful.

i've never lived anywhere else so it would definitely be an experience for me...

funny.
i don't have a southern accent.

[plural.livejournal.com]

why does that not surprise me

in a strange twist of fate
despite my attraction to the southern belle accent
I have never dated anyone with it

the two most serious relationships I have had
[the first my fiancee]
[the second a girl I dated for three and half years]
were with southern girls
who did not have a southern accents

truely I am just the screwed up result
of a southern man wedding a yankee woman
I get half of each gene
and an entirely confused
*mischevious grin*

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[lambie.livejournal.com]

i wish i had it.
it's because i'm floridian.
though we are the furthest south,
we're not considered the 'deep [dirty] south'.

i should move to georgia.

so where were you born?

[plural.livejournal.com]

I was born of all places

in the loft of a barn
on a lesbian commune
called "Dragonwagon Farm"
in the Missouri Ozarks

so from my birth
I was destined to love women
and never close doors behind me

*wink*

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[lambie.livejournal.com]

you know what?
i think i read that in your journal.
i just didn't believe it.
lol.

[plural.livejournal.com]

you know what they say
truth is stranger than fiction

my parents lived on a farm in the Ozarks
and my mother wanted to have a natural birth

our nearest neighbors
[encroaching at five miles away]
was this commune
and they happened to also have midwives

so it is there I was born

I have a quilt somewhere
made in honor of my birth
with each of the women at the commune
making a square
it is pretty kewl to look at now
that I am an old man
*Grin*

what always amuses me most
about the tale is how my mother
explains that in the beginning it was
just a normal commune
started by a group of couples
over time the women decided
that the men were lazy assholes
and eventually kicked them all off the commune
and that was that

I suppose it was the first warning
in my life
to be gentle with the women we love
as
one must be sure
that whatever shit they must put up with
is exceeded by the affections and kindness we do
else
trouble will ensue

I once heard a statistic
that stuck in my mind

it goes as follows

"50% of men do not kiss their wives goodbye when they leave the house, yet 80% of men will kiss their house goodbye when their wife leaves them"

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[lambie.livejournal.com]

wow.
i wish i had stories like that to tell.

kewl
i find it funny how you spelled this word...

[plural.livejournal.com]

stories my dear
are just that stories

they serve as pleasant amusement
to pass the days
with soft smiles and gentle laughs

but having stories or not having stories
does little
and means little
when it comes to happiness

I think most of having stories is about perspective, looking at things in a way that when they are retold they are humorous and illuminate a positive ideal, I however am still working on the latter
*smirk*

Excuse my interruption

[consume.livejournal.com]

I love the Seattle arboretum, it's one of my favorite places on earth. Azalea row, the camellias and the stewartia there are breathtaking. My sister lives on Capitol Hill, so every time I visit I have to go there. Originally I was going to work in Seattle, but economic down-turn was a problem. Hopefully I too, will end up there. For now I remain a displaced yankee.

I owned a landscape design company in college. I loved designing Japanese gardens... Funny I look at your pictures and can name nearly every flower. *sigh* Horticulture will always be a love of mine. I enjoyed your pics, though you I now have a crook in my neck from the angle. I'm a fan of the law of thirds... ;)