mural

Tonight my roomy and I went to a little cafe called Free Bird and watched ET outside projected on a white sheet.  We rode our bikes there and then haphazardly rode them home in the dark after with only one headlamp between the two of us (mines still in Africa, with allllll kinds of my other stuff)  Anywho at the building where we watched the movie there was a mural.  Try to figure out whats part of the mural and whats not:

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Mr. Motley

This is my roommates dog (other dog, I posted a pic of Wilson here) looking for all the world like the giant puppy that he is!  What a cutie pie!

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yesterday and today...

this is a little bit confusing, but I hiked Tallac on Sunday, July 4th.  I posted the picture at 1:00am, when I got home from the fireworks, so it says monday, but it was sunday, and I forgot to post one on monday.  In fact I didn't even take one (for shame!) so now I am posting 2 from today to make up for yesterday...if that makes sense...anyway heres one I took first thing this morning, not my usual style, but pretty funny none the less:

This is my lovely coworker Lauren, modeling the old leaky waders that we cut the boots off of.  Pretty hobo-tastic, wouldn't you say?

This is a shot of the fresh lavender i picked up at the farmers market today to make my room smell nice, and boy does it ever! 

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Mount Tallac

Today I hiked Mount Tallac, the tallest peak bordering lake Tahoe.  I've never stood at 9735 feet above sea level before this afternoon.  Then I watched fireworks and now i'm going to bed because i'm sore (i have blistered feet from my old, falling apart hiking boots...they've been so good to me over the years but it might be time to break in a new pair) bed time.

(Emerald Bay and Cascade Lake and Lake Tahoe as seen from the summit of Mount Tallac, and that white stuff in the foreground?  snow.  On the 4th of july!)

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flower

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heavenly

(this is for yesterday, today's will be posted later today)

Last night was the 20th anniversary gala fundraiser for the Tahoe Baikal Institute and I was invited to rub elbows with donors.  There was a silent Auction, signature drinks, and the best part, it was held at the top of the tram at the lodge at Heavenly ski resort; so we spent the evening out on the balcony enjoying the fabulous band and watch the sun set over Lake Tahoe. Heres my favorite shot of the night:

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long day

i'm too tired to even try to post anything better than this crappy black and white is snapped outside of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center today while I was waiting for someone to let me into the lab to pick up my veg samples.  here it is...

now its time to sleeeeeep.

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