How's About Some Flowers?

I went to a Renaissance Fair yesterday, despite being morally opposed to them for most of my life. I figured, what the heck, it's an experience, right? I have some excellent pictures. And, I must confess, I got sucked in a bit and bought a hat/headpiece thing. I don't know what you'd call it. It's a burgundy velvet headband with a crocheted thing to hold my hair in the back. Drew Barrymore wears one in Ever After when she imitates a courtesan and buys back the servant. It's pretty. And my ultimate plan is to someday get a dress that matches and then have a Halloween costume forever. This is a long-term plan, mind you.

I will post about the Fair tomorrow complete with pictures, but right now I'm tired and feeling kind of sick. My cold has become this general head-achey, coughy, stomach queasy thing that's really annoying me. I am the worst patient ever. I get so annoyed with my body for letting me down the once or twice a year that it does. I also get annoyed with just laying on the couch and watching TV for too long. I had great plans to clean my room and the family room today after church, and not only did I not make it to church, but the rooms are still messy and the couch has been a makeshift bed as I watched Seasons 1 and 2 of As Time Goes By and napped throughout the day. So unproductive of me! But I figured since I did browbeat my body into hauling me around the Fair yesterday I should give it a break today so that I can be in top form for starting my new job tomorrow.



So today I'm giving you pictures of dahlias, which after seeing one in a magazine this weekend, I've decided is probably my new favorite flower (or one of my favorite flowers at least). There was a garden in Santa Cruz when I was there in August that was just filled to the brim with dahlias. So here you go: