From the Truant Blogger.......

Yes, I mean moi-meme.

since my camera doesn't even remember my name.......

here are some delicious summery pics from

Herriott-Grace - a stunningly talented team who remind me why I love to eat and cook.

Happy Weekend to All!

  (I do miss you!)

So Far This Week

A beautiful scarab beetle

in the garden.

The cats are so happy to be outside again.  They couldn't be while the fence was being replaced.

We've had lots of strawberries this summer.  And they were yummy.

We turned down tickets to Paul McCartney at Dodger Stadium on Sunday night but.....lying on the bed at 10 o'clock under a super moon, and hearing "Yesterday" and "And In the End...." floating live above the hills and in through the bedroom windows.........that was kind of magical.  

(both McCartney pics via LATimes)

  When you're a little kid, you never imagine such a thing happening.

Hula Seventy to Start the Week?

These

photos

got

soul!

All pics:  Hula Seventy.  How was your weekend?

L.A. Two Saturdays Ago - The Renegade Craft Fair

I'd never been to one before.  A RENEGADE Craft Fair, I mean.

It was a hot-ish day in L.A.'s "Grand Park".  (I would have to give the latter an only "meh" rating, sadly.)

ANYWAY, there were food trucks.  Cuz it just doesn't happen (I mean, anything) without food trucks these days.  Am I right?

There were lovely frocks by, Brooklyn based Jamie Lau.

Groovy-cool glassware and lighting from Oakland, California's Palanquin.

I loved those dip-dye bags.  Though that little lavender rose bag on the right is still winking at me in a come hither-ish sort of way.

There were dudes and dogs galore chillin' while their girls were thrillin'.

And:  A YARN TRUCK!  Draped in crocheted lovelies!  What a great idea.

Don't you think every neighborhood should have one?  Imagine the possibilities.....hmmmmm

Hawaiian Skies......

......are full of rain right now from two hurricanes hurtling through the Islands.

But let's think of Paradise this way instead?  

As you can see it's a gorgeous pic by Cameron Brooks which I found via the Huffington Post.

Happy Weekend!

No, Really, I AM Back......

But things are still a little topsy turvy.

Walls have come down.  Others have gone up.

I now have views that I've never even dreamed of.

In October,  (if we get rain) I may get a chance to plant.  Eeeks!  Too exciting.

The Slow Slide and Sidle

I'm easing back into blogging.

(via Junkaholique)

Here are a couple of things I found online over the weekend

(Photo:  Justin Tallis - Getty/AFP)

that made me smile.

(sorry, not sure where I found this one)

How was your weekend?

(Photo: Tilo Driessen on Flickr)

We had rain in L.A.!  WE NEEDED IT!