Wild, wet, wooly

Wild: The weekend with Leah was a fun and eventful one. In brief, we scaled rocky precipices, observed an antique car parade, contemplated attending the sock hop (but $15 was too steep to dance on concrete—no thanks), forded rivers (with some complications), ate a good deal of raw fish, enjoyed ice cream and pizza, took scads of photos (some of which we will share) and played disc golf in the wind and rain.

Wet: Yes, rain. It's been a very Washington weekend, and I blame Leah. It's been wetter, calmer and more humid than it usually is, so she is now under the impression that Casper's climate has something in common with Seattle's. Interestingly, when my brother visited Casper from Seattle/Montreal two summers ago, it was also very rainy. But green follows rain, therefore I suppose it's OK with me. Plus I don't have to water my flowerbed tonight. And I may even see some seedlings emerge soon.

Wooly: After spending about an hour sorting through my digital music and deleting a good deal of songs (at least 2 gigs, I think), I updated my iPod and pressed play. There followed: "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," "Comptine D'Un Autre: L'Apres Midi" and "Wooly Bully." Unique memories are associated with each of those songs. The first I listened to on a hot summer day, probably in 2004, while driving from Walla Walla to the Snake River and Palouse Falls. The second is from Amélie, but it also reminds me of a hostel in Montreal, where someone was playing the soundtrack in the common kitchen/dining area, when I was there during a very rainy week in October 2005. The third song was played an interminable number of times by my dance teacher at Whitworth, January 2003, when I took ballroom dancing. We learned the triple-step swing to that song. Over and over and over.

A sample of Wyoming's greening (compared to the same view in March):

Comments

[Leah]

okay, so maybe I won't move to Casper. but the weather still was lovely and reminds me that I miss the west. And the climbing was great -- my arms are still a little sore.

I've got pics up on flickr now, and I'll start sharing them on my blog. A CD will be on your way sometime early next week once I get free time on the weekend.

[Katie]

Mrs. Edwards hated me!