Sick Fierce Friday

It's Fierce Friday, it's super hot, and I have a cold. I wore my light blue shirt, light blue nails, a pair of earrings, and dark blue beaded necklace. Then I mustered my oomph and went to visit a friend in the psychiatric hospital. Not the best day ever, but hopefully the weekend will be an improvement on the week.

Me feeling hot and crabby, laying in front of a fan, frowning, and holding a glass of water.

As a bonus because my post was only one photo long, here's a picture of my cat Esh with a plastic fairy rider on her back. She was not amused at the situation.

Esh looking adorably annoyed.

Visiting Rockport

Feather and Wolfie were in Rockport with my Surrogate Mom (who is Feather's biological mom). Feather's sister and her daughter were there too so it was basically an awesome party. I came to hang out with them. Look at the view! Look at the baby! It was wonderful except that I managed to come down with a cold and so did Feather.

So. Pretty. 

This is the view from the deck. 

From the deck!!!!

Wolfie in my hat.

Garden Salad!

This salad is entirely from the garden! Lettuce, amaranth, three kinds of cherry tomatoes, chives, mint, and basil. Yay!

Alice's Birthday

Today was Alice's birthday party so a bunch of us went to the lake for a potluck birthday party. My contribution was the flourless chocolate birthday cake and my car was so hot that the candles all melted! Since I had a sunburn from my beach day with Joy and Mini T, I mostly stayed under the tent where some of us perfected our fake metal band: The Rainbow Connection.

Me and Alice at the party.

The cake with melted candles.

Plath tries to stop her son Ocean from eating the cake.

Fierce Friday At The Beach!

My Fierce Friday was beach day in Rockport with Joy and Mini T. My bathing suit isn't particularly fierce, but I do think my beach hat fits the criteria!

Me at the beach

Joy burying Mini T in the sand.

Mini T burying Joy's feet in the sand.

I'm Baaaaaaack!

I'm back! And it's really hot here. My housemates and my cats were all happy to see me. And my worms and my garden are doing well, though the garden is looking a little weedy and parched.

Mayim on my luggage.

Esh is expecting cat treats.

My worms!

Sungold cherry tomatoes.

Ladybug cherry tomatoes. 

Green Envy cherry tomatoes.

Pole beans.

Sunflowers.

Flowers!

Look what the bush in the front turned into! It's a hydrangea!

Also, we're pet-sitting an adorable dog named Casey. She's like a mini-Sebastian:

Casey and Sebastian.

It's Too Darn Hot

There's a ridiculous heat wave in Paris. Dolphin and I have been holed up in the apartment in front of the fan all day. I ventured out exactly once to get ice cream from the nearest supermarket. This was the state of the ice cream section:

Empty section.

It was slim pickings but I managed to triumph! I left the store with the only Ben & Jerry's ice cream they had:

Me and my Ben & Jerry's. 

I also saw some more feminist graffiti on my way back:

The graffiti says "à travail égal salaire égal" aka "equal pay for equal work."

At any rate, this heat wave is expected to continue so I suspect my last days in France will be spent exactly like today. I'll probably write next from the USA when I get back.