"a school key wedged in a sexy dress has been locking me"

what the hell are they saying in that belle & sebastian song?

when i was a kid

our school took field trips on earth day to a local park, where we each received a sapling and pledged to plant it. we wrote letters to the president asking that he please do something (i don't remember what) about the endangered elephants. they taught us to always cut the plastic on six-packs so poor little birdies don't get their beaks caught. we never let balloons go because once the paint wore off, they would look like jellyfish to seals who would then choke on them. and what might have seemed most obvious was that you should never, never use the hose or a gas-powered blower to remove leaves and debris from your lawn/sidewalk/wherever.

why do i keep seeing people use these blowing devices all over silverlake, of all places? am i the only one who cringes when she sees them???

postcards

postcards

as part of amy's present that most of you know i've been so busy putting together lately, i made these in photoshop & had them printed on cardstock, then hand-glued the postcard-back on each one. thank god we own a paper cutter.