smoke and mirrors

been a strange sort of dreamscape around here for the last week or so. the sun is a just a faint orange disk behind the smoke and the air quality index has been fluctuating between the 500s and 300s (currently 394) so we've been staying indoors as much as possible. still, we're not on fire, we're not sick, we're not hungry, and i'm grateful.

 

garden photos

it was a slow, bumpy start in the garden this year but it's looking great out there now.  i've taken a ton of pictures but haven't gotten around to posting any here for quite a while (there are a few on my instagram). here are some of my favorites...