driving with the windows down

smells like spring. i was driving home today with the windows down. sunglasses on. Nice. as i passed one of the houses on rt. 66 i saw a woman putting away a hose. and the air became thick for just a minute. i could smell the sun shining down on her lawn, wet from the sprinkler she unscrewing from the hose. i could smell the humidity as the water became the air. i knew it was spring.

so i just came in from having a cigarette. i could smell ribs in the air. not just a barbeque down the street, but the ribs cooking. who the hell eats ribs this late? damn they smelled good though.

i spent the weekend outside finishing the work that began last fall. it’s sick how many leaves are in this yard. i’ve been clearing brush and cutting back anything that pricks. audrey went exploring where i was clearing – underfoot, but at the same time showing me where she would wander so i would know what to clear. i created a little secret hiding place for her behind the big rocks in the back. seriously, it’s like a little castle of her very own and she gets to be Princess of The Mountain at the same time. she went rock climbing for the first time saturday in the back yard. in her purple rubber boots – not the best choice i will admit, but what can i do, she loves those damn boots. she got her first tragic elbow scrap and never even cried. i don’t think she stopped moving long enough to even notice. and yesterday, she picked me a bouquet of daffodils from the yard…heart melting…



today’s listening: dear God i need to do a cd shuffle in my car. too many winter tunes, and i just keep bringing in more and i’m running out of places to put anything…and i’m rambling…

yesterday was a wccc kinda afternoon, followed by a toad the wet sprocket kinda evening. but there was an overall tone of steely dan to the weekend.

today was all about old school – not too old school, more like mid-career school, which i guess for some could be considered old school, indigo girls. did anyone follow that? i digress, shaming the sun album along with 12:00 curfew album, disc one. i think. although it could have been disc two. but i think that one is in my office. oh who the fuck cares? you get the point, right? indigo girls, good stuff.