smitten with... garden parties

sorry for the sudden boost in posts, but we had a mothers day party. one of the fantastic things about my mother is her cooking. as a chef, she has really high standards when it comes to food. with the new pizza oven we had installed, her standards have gone up, if possible. so here's her latest creations.

truffles for dessert! and my pizza - half cheese and tomato, with onions, half pesto, garlic and onions, without any of the parmesan cheese.

some pizzas, some of our ingredients and the orange/olive salad.

here are some of the ingredients and one of the pizzas - they were so tasty!

here's the pizza oven and some of mom's "soup shots" - tomato soup and asparagus soup in assorted crystal glasses from a second hand shop. they were delicious!

smitten with... the garden in sunshine

the quality doesn't look great on here, but here are some of my typical garden pictures from the past few sunny weekends! the last one is my three year old puppy pesto, whom I adore. she's 6.8 lbs and such a cutie.

i hope you can look past the graininess to the real pictures - I love taking pictures of flowers, especially this time of year, and I think some of them really turned out. I hope so, anyway.

smitten with... note-taking

Sorry it's been a while! I lent my camera to a friend who needs to update her portfolio, so right now I just have a writing post. I've been keeping a journal as of late, just of notes throughout the day, and a separate one for things I'm thankful for. I find it really soothing during the day, if that makes sense, and it's just really easy for me to keep track of my thoughts that way.

so yeah, if you don't want to read that annoying like dear-diary emotional drama kind of thing, you should just skip this.

10:13 am may 4th '10: secrets -- can't decide if it's worth it. but i like him, he likes me: shouldn't it be?

7:13 pm may 8th '10: someone new? who knows. i can't decide what the line is, between frienship and something else; it's a thin line, though, i know that. do i really have to choose? is it possible to find a balance - be the ultimate best friend (who kicks ass at super smash bros and air hockey, who tolerates the talk about hot girls and boy things, who laughs at that's what she said jokes) and ultimate girlfriend (who wears skirts and lip gloss, never talks too much and is a damn good kisser)? seems like a mix of those would be perfect, but i can't seem to get it right. maybe i'll just stick with being sophie, perfection's overrated.

7:56 pm may 8th '10: "because destiny, john, is a fickle bitch." - benjamin linus

10:01 pm may 8th '10: decisions suck.

10:32 pm may 8th '10: to be honest, wouldn't life just be easier if things always worked out? maybe i was just raised on disney movies, which taught me that every girl deserves a happy ending. they really set me up to be let down on that one. thanks a lot, walt.

a lot from tonight -- i've had a lot on my mind. i'll have up some pictures up tonight, probably -- i went shopping for my birthday and got lots of new stuff, yay.

hope everythings been great!

xo

sophie