The Saltwater Room

Some family came to town this week.
Of course we visited in the saltwater room.
Let's face it, if we're sick of being indoors,
our only other option is to be in water.

Rio has no problem with that.
She prefers being in water to anything else.
You should see her when it's time to get out of the water - not pretty.
And you know how voices carry over the sand....

My beautiful cousin was visiting from Tallahassee.
This girl is tan.
And having spent plenty of time on all the beaches in the panhandle, she reported that they are oil-free.
Good news for anyone who had plans to take a relaxing vaca on the tar pits beaches of Florida.

"Time together isn't ever quite enough "
--Owl City

Sunsets

"Sunsets in the east
as I leave alone
you're right behind
I take it slow

oh, you better run, boy
oh, you better run now

we'll see if you follow me
we'll see if you follow me
we'll see if you follow me"
--The Concretes

side notes: this is my best guess at the lyrics. it's what i hear anyway.

Catch The Wind

I need to buy a kite.
I just hope I can simultaneously watch the sky and my velocity girl. There's something so fascinating about trying to capture the wind. I hope Rio finds it just as captivating as I do.

There is a book written by Dave Eggers called You Shall Know Our Velocity. It's a great read about a couple of guys traveling the world in an attempt to give away $32,000. But at one point in the story they discuss movement. They talk about an ancient culture that viewed the soul as the bearer of everything that has come before you. The soul is not light but heavy - like a mountain. Herein lies the problem: how do you move when you are weighted down?

These ancient people were fascinated with the sky. They wanted to fly. They began jumping and running in hopes that they would evolve to become people of the sky.

Eventually, others discovered them and waged war in an effort to take over the land. But they never felt as if they owned the land to begin with. So they ran.
After all, there were other places to experience.

But they left a message for anyone who came after them:
YOU SHALL KNOW OUR VELOCITY!

That's us...
when we try to catch the wind.

Let's Pretend That It's Summer

At this point the weather should be shifting. By March we're usually working on our tans (well, Rio doesn't have to - she is the most delicious shade of caramel.) We're definitely taking showers outside. And we're absolutely hitting the beach.

My first year living in Massachusetts, I kept asking everyone, "when the heck is it going to get warm???" They would just laugh.
Try July, Honey.

That is why I moved back to Florida. But Florida's heat has forsaken me. Left me out in the cold. Left me wondering......

What am I going to do about this bridal shower that will be held at the beach?! The tent has been rented - the locale secured.

Florida, I'm giving you one week to turn this all around. Get back to business; do what you do best - be your warm, sunny self again.
Please and thank you.