laser cats

Wham!courtesy of cutewithchris.com

in other laser cat news:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaHywTO6Fcs

this

is amazing. I can't believe I missed both obama and the decemberists and the 75,000 people there...

obama rally in portland

weekends in charleston

I spent most of my weekend recovering from a mad sunburn, taking a walk on basendorff by myself and hanging out with my parents in the charleston vicinity.

One of my African violets that my mom grew from a leaf

kelp time on basendorff
Bull kelp has wavy leaves to create more current and absorb more nutrients for its annual growth. Plus it's really quite pretty.
Some red seaweed growing on the holdfast of the bull kelp. They create homes for a plethora of sea creatures.

Pre sunset on Basendorff

evening shorebirds
mis padres
the one patch of sun the coast saw today