Portland Pics and 15 mo.

Miles and the light

Miles likes music videos

Snake and other pics on the camera

Every night before going to bed, we let the girls out to go to the bathroom. Why they frolic in the back, I water our struggling sunshine blueberry plant and the sad strawberries. After this, Drew and I both sneak into Miles' room to kiss him goodnight, and then we are off to bed. Our routine was disrupted last night when Riley and I almost stepped on the diamondback rattlesnake that was sleeping JUST outside our glass door. I opened the door, and not noticing the snake motioned the dogs outside. Scout (the smarter of dogs) held back as Riley hopped directly over the snake! I did not notice our intruder until Riley turned back to check it out with her nose. I immediately knew that my only options for avoiding a trip to the vet ER were to either jump over the snake and grab Riley, or to call her back into the house, forcing her to cross over the snake again. I am petrified of rattlesnakes, so I chose option 2 and hoped for the best. Thanks to whatever deity had our backs, the snake was pretty out of it. In fact, I am certain that we must have woken it up because it was completely still though this interaction. Riley safely hopped over the snake and was able to make it back into our home unscathed. Once we were all securely in the house, with the snake outside, we decided to try and agitate it through the glass so the diamondback would not think that our patio was a quiet place to take refuge. By this time the snake was alert and pissed. By knocking on the glass and jumping around, Drew and I were able to rouse it enough to strike the glass twice! Drew took some great pictures, considering that he was shooting though a glass door all smudged up by dog spit and baby goo and it was dark.











On another note, Miles loves looking at pictures of himself and other kids on the computer.



Also, my family is going to find this hilarious, but a tomato has changed my life! I now love them. In particular the tomato displayed below was one the most amazing things I have ever eaten. It was a green and yellow beefsteak heirloom that we got from the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share we get every week. It had a tart, citrus-y flavor and was simply delectable. Unfortunately, the farmer planted about a hundred different heirlooms and the folks at the CSA could not tell me what variety this one was. I need to figure it out so I can plant some of these guys in the yard. I promise a small reward and tomatoes to anyone who can help me identify this beauty.