This...

... is rain. and, when it happens, it's really all that people in arizona talk about. so excuse the cliche az talk for a minute while i say that i love rain. it's lovely and you can take lovely pictures in it and you get a little break from the summer heat and you can sit inside with all the windows and doors open in the dark watching dexter's lab with abbey. kick your feet up, rain. stay a while.

... is my new babies. okay so not the best english there. this is my new 75mm - 300mm lens and my new semi-fisheye macro lens. i've not been able to use them ton yet, but i'm excited to. woo hoo.
p.s. i still love you 18mm - 55mm. your perfect for my semi-fisheye:)

... is everything, now! this is my new favorite band. they played the first set on wednesday in all their bearded glory. the lead singer had a really great voice and the bass and key player danced something fierce. they are all amazing. they are all beautiful. i was smiling the whole time they played. their live performance was fantastic. i love you guys. next time you're in az, i'm totally there.

... is telekinesis. they were sandwiched on wednesday night and were super impressive. the lead singer is the one not wearing plaid in the first picture. he actually plays drum set for the most part, but, honestly, he's such a crazy drummer that i couldn't get any pictures that weren't just massive blur action. he beat the hell out of those drums and graciously thanked us after each song. even with the intense drumming they were pretty low key and they like raccoons which i think is funny. you just don't see people love cute little things anymore. i'm not even sure what this means, but i could totally tell they were from seattle. they were very seattley. they seem really nice and they play really nice.

... is margot and the nuclear so and so's. they performed last on wednesday night and they have a pretty large following actually. i can see why. it was a wine drinking, suitcase bangin' good time.

... is pure monkey business. love you ang.

... is the sheerest madness. it is truly scary what we girls do when bored and surrounded by girly stuff. even scarier is what we'll admit to doing when bored and surrounded by girly stuff.

... bella. this little stinker is my respite and habilitation client at the moment. i've been working with her for about 2 years now. she loves spongebob, eats like a bird, and she cracks me up. we went swimming a ton this week and she had a blast. during the summer i'm pretty much with her constantly so get used to her cute face.