Les Fleurs

Since I can't grown them, I just take photo after photo of BEAUTIFUL flowers.

It makes them last longer too.

The King of Pop

Michael Jackson – regardless of media stunts and "wacko" moves – was truly the "King of Pop."

His death is tragic, but so is the media obsession. While I admit, his life needs to be commemorated, the news last night and this morning focused on him, his death and speculation of cause. This overshadowed the late, great Farrah who lost her battle to cancer. No one really made mention of Ed McMahon. Oh, right, and all the countless people that died in the world yesterday anyway.

I'm torn in my feeling of his loss. I definitely enjoyed his music – ABC, Thriller, The Way You Make Me Feel – because he makes you want to dance. Can you honestly say you don't do the head bob classic to the music video when the rhythm of Thriller hits the speakers?

But why focus all the news coverage energy on one person's death?

See (Sea) Roses

The scent of sea roses is something I've never been able to describe in words, but I'll try.

It's a sweet aroma that you can almost taste as it mixes with the salty air. Subtle at first, but pungent up close.

The fragrance is something that reminds me of days spent at the beach as a child, and its tone mixes with that sun-kissed smell after a day playing in the sand.

A long line of sea rose bushes can literally make me stop, and well, smell the roses.

(RED)delicious

It's officially summer when I receive the first pint of strawberries from my grandfather's garden. Fresh picked, they still have that sun ripened taste and are SO sweet and juicy – nothing in the grocery store can compare.

Of course, they aren't the gargantuan things packed in plastic containers, they are tiny in comparison. However, they are a prelude to more fresh food – raspberries, blueberries and other various vegetables.

I'm going to make a concerted effort to buy local, eat local this summer and follow a mantra of the latest book I've read...If it didn't once have a mother and if it didn't grow from the ground, it's probably not good for you.

Not to say I'm going to go be that crazy-organic-everything lately, but the concept that all the pesticides, genetically modifications, preservatives and processing can't be good for you kind of makes sense. I looked at some of the labels on the food in my pantry, and I can't pronounce 99% of the ingredients. That also can't be good! And the idea all these unnatural things in the majority of the average food people eat is screwing up hormones – yes, that makes sense too.

It's just another experiment in the journey...

The rain in Maine falls simply on the....

...leaves?

I couldn't resist trying to snap a shot of the rain drops on the leaves outside my apartment.

Unfortunately, the weather forecast is not looking so bright for the next week or so, which is dampening my mood. I love the sunshine, even when I'm stuck in the office. It's such a rejuvenating force of life...

...and I'm praying next weekend will be sunny in Delaware, or else our bachelorette beach weekend, may be just filled with drinking inside. (well it will be filled with drinking either way...but better out than in)

Hmm, it's hard to believe we're already mid-June and my cousin's wedding in seven weeks. I feel surrounded by wedding-ness between Adam&Katie and Amanda&Jeff. There's been a wedding to attend ever year for the past three and will continue for the next two...it's really crazy.

That's all my random thoughts for now....
(can't think of much to write)