time bomb

i feel like a walking time bomb - once i explode everything in my wake will be altered forever. don't stand too close or you might catch a little shrapnel in the thigh. or at least find a little amniotic fluid on your shoe.

we're still a good 1.5 weeks until 'show time' and i honestly don't think i'll be popping before then. although if you saw me you'd think i was a good 2 months past my due date. luckily i feel pretty good and am staying active. maybe a little too active.

even though i'm officially done with weddings until the fall paul and i have been working our booties off around the house (bathroom, 'baby's room'). we have been too exhausted too many nights in the recent past to be ready for labor to strike at any moment. what's the point in all the preparing for birth if we're useless when it hits us? time to slow down and appreciate the relative quiet we've got going on right now.

everything else is good. tomatoes are almost taller than me (7' last year!) - rain should keep them going for a while. still no red fruit. patty pan squash are looking and tasting fantastic. artichokes still haven't bloomed + i'm worried they may not.

just to brighten things up a bit i'm including some wedding photos i received from photographers recently. these are some of the flowers i've done this year. i'm in the process of collecting a bunch so i can update my website again. it's never ending + i'm never satisfied. curses!