bits of home // september

1// The new house is such a score. Especially when this is just a small taste of the backyard. It's all Fern Gully back there, and I love it.

2// Fat Cat Yoga, aka lots of naps. I learned a long time ago that she will never sleep on any kind of pre-ordained "cat bed" like the ones you get at pet stores. Rugs and carpets suit her just fine. Oh, and wrinkled up packing paper on a carpet, which is what she's sleeping on right now as I type this.

3// morning tea and a miniature sugar skull.

4// Oh, air plants, you make me so happy. Especially when you're nestled in a hanging glass orb in front of a great big window.

Happy weekend :)

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a tuesday music mix // it's a hot, hot summer

Heat waves are the worst. And the one we just had here in San Diego for the past two weeks was especially insufferable with the crazy, Florida-esque humidity levels. DO NOT WANT. 

But it's starting to cool off this week, and I am gonna savor every last iota of below-90-degrees-weather. Starting with a new music mix over on 8tracks. Please enjoy with your favorite cold adult beverage.

1. Julie's Haircut // Summer Babe

2. Unknown Mortal Orchestra // So Good at Being In Trouble

3. Ivan & Alyosha // Be Your Man

4. The Flaming Lips // It's Summertime

5. Sonny and the Sunsets // She Plays Yo Yo With My Mind

6. Pomplamoose // Beat It

7. The Peach Kings // Thieves & Kings

8. Smashing Pumpkins // 1979

9. Beach Day // Walking on the Streets

10. Musetta // Underneath the Mango Tree

11. Shannon and The Clams // Rip Van Winkle

12. Brenton Wood // Oogum Boogum

13. The Flaming Lips // Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Part 1