Spying on the Neighbors

I live next to an old Victorian home that's used as a law firm, but for some reason they've got a green house in the back... it's kinda hard to tell what they're growing in there, even when it's sunny out. Mostly I just see a little old guy puttering around with potting soil.

An Ode To Our Indoor Fort (In 2 Parts)

My roommates and I have lived in our apartment for over a month, and we still haven't managed to clean up our moving boxes. Brian and Jill had the amazing idea to construct a fort out of the boxes, but alas, we all lack good old-fashioned follow-through.

It looks like our crazy box-fort will never be realized.

Un Mouton Finds a Home

Monsieur Peluche, my favorite stuffed mouton (sheep) from Mont Saint Michel, France, finally settles into my new apartment in the Midwest of the US of A.

Roommate

I found this little guy had moved into my room to stay, into one of my plants to be specific. I think he's kind of gross but I didn't have the heart to squish him.

Apartment Tour: The Housepet

This is Jill's dog, who is our housepet. She's cute, but she barks at anything that moves. I realize now that she kind of blends in with the blanket here in Jill's bedroom.

Apartment Tour: The Pantry

Clearly the most important part of the kitchen. This house is so old that we're all sure that there must be lead paint on the walls under those few layers of latex. As Jill says, we're all taking extra care not to lick any walls inside the place. Hopefully the landlord painted over the pantry cabinet before we moved in.

Apartment Tour: Bedroom Again

One last shot from the bed...that little board next to the door is my budget for the month written out, so that every time I leave I am reminded of how little money I have left to spend on clothes...mostly it works. Other times, however, it is not an effective deterrent.

Apartment Tour: Bedroom

Still my bedroom...clearly not put together or decorated yet. The mattress in that shot is the first big thing I got for the place and it makes me quite pleased. This shot is mostly to show you all that my room is down the hall, around the corner and down a step from the rest of the place.

Apartment Tour: My Bedroom

I have three plants, that so far I have not killed...pretty miraculous stuff for me. This is my bedroom, which is down a long hallway and around a corner from the rest of the apartment, which is on the second floor of an old white Victorian era house. The walls are all butter yellow and I have two little windows and a nice sized closet. And the plants, well, for now they are still alive.

Apartment Tour: Living Room 2

Another angle of the living room, with some funky 60's artwork by Brian's Uncle.

Apartment Tour: The Living Room

I moved into a new apartment! I share a place with two friends, Jill and Brian, and we live on the East Side. This is the living room: we've got a Bay Window, a fake fireplace, and a pretty sizable common space. It's sunny and breezy and I couldn't be happier about it.

Self Portrait 2- Rainy Days and Mondays

This is me in my window's reflection and outside is the courtyard my apartment faces, as well as the rain coming down outside. A classy addition to this photo: the top of my Febreze bottle. Because classy is just my style.

Handiwork

So we killed our one houseplant in the apartment. It used to reach up towards the sky, now it's sad state makes me want to cry. Let me further express myself in that most revered form: haiku.

Blue little flowers
We forgot to water you
Crinkly dead petals