I know I have a number of photos of the day to catch up on, and a lot of blogging to do, but this is a start. Just after all my conferences, my friends Nese and David got married. I brought along my camera(s). This is what happened:

1. Our friend Dimitriy, newly ordained minister of the Universal Life Church, officiated the wedding.



2. The flower girl and ring bearer walked down the aisle. One was very carefully dropping flowers onto the path, and the other was wondering where her mother was.



3. They’re getting their rings now. It’s official!



4. “You may kiss the bride.”



5. The happy couple.



6. The first dance, of course.



7. The flower girl really wants a piece of that cake.



8. Nese and David cut the cake…



9. and give each other a taste.



10. Finally, the flower girl can have some too.



11. Nese dances with her father.



12. And then again with her husband.



13. Awww.

8 June 2008: Flying Corn
The Atlanta airport had a number of flying vegetable sculptures. I had to take a picture of the corn jet.

Anyway, I meant to do this before I left, but here are the pictures of the day from last week. There’s clearly internet access for me available, so I’ll share my Italian adventures with you later, but for now, enjoy last week’s pictures!

Tuesday, 3 June:

I made my own egg rolls on Tuesday night. I had some friends who were in town (more on that another time perhaps), so I didn’t take a lot of pictures of the process, but they look like egg rolls! (And I thought there were pretty tasty too.) Go me!

Wednesday’s picture was already up. I got a new haircut! I needed a trim anyway, and I thought I’d get rid of most of my blonde highlights from last year. I tend to grow out my hair, cut it all off and donate it, rinse and repeat. Locks of Love doesn’t accept bleached hair, so I thought I should cut it off before growing out my hair in earnest again. Besides, short hair is nice for the summer.

Thursday, 5 June

It was getting late and I hadn’t yet taken my daily picture, so I started looking around the office for inspiration. I settled on this Einstein action figure my uncle got me a few years ago. He looks mildly frightening like this!

Friday, 6 June

Here you get a glimpse of my poster. The dotted lines printed with the dots spaced too far apart, so I had to fill them in with a fine-tipped marker.

Saturday, 7 June

The day before leaving! I was a bit burned out after working all week, and didn’t really want to do much, even pack. Still, some things needed to be done - like transpanting the tomato plant into a larger container. So we did. And we transplanted the sunflowers into the tomato plant’s old pot.

And now, I leave you. Until next time!

This is Boomer; a friend brought in his dog to spend the afternoon in the office on Friday. It really made my day just that much better. I love dogs. And Boomer is quite well-behaved. We became quick friends.

This is Anya’s bone. After she’s done chewing on it for awhile, she always leaves it upright, and it amuses Logan and I to no end.

While taking a break from work yesterday, Logan and I went to go grab some dinner and saw this on the way. With so many flags of so many different colors, I thought it was like a garden in its own right, so I had to take a photo.

Today’s photo (look, a photo of the day before 9 in the morning!) is another contest. I’m trying to grow this on my deck. Do you know what it is? Take a guess, and win a postcard from Italy if you’re right! (Since this is probably more difficult than the last contest, I’ll come back and post hints periodically - feel free to guess more than once!)

First hint: It’s a dwarf variety. I probably wouldn’t be able to grow the full-size version in a pot like that.

Second hint: It is not a vegetable, but parts of the plant can be used as foodstuffs.

Third hint: One of the (U.S.) states has it as its official state flower. (Not the dwarf version specifically.)

Yay! It has been guessed! Gerhard wins, and the mystery plant is a sunflower!

Yesterday’s picture is of an industrious spider. I had to bring our plants inside the other night because there was a frost advisory. I set them out in the morning, and in the afternoon, he’d built himself a pretty wide-reaching web connecting two of the plants! I don’t particularly like spiders, but at least he’s outside.

Today’s picture comes from a run-down part of town near the river. When I bike home, I see a beautiful river on one side, and old warehouses and things on the other side of the railroad tracks. Somehow I don’t think this thing is really celebrating the spirit of innovation anymore, but maybe that’s just me.

The first person to get it right gets bragging rights, and a postcard from Italy. Or something.