Viva La Summer!

Today is the first day of summer, people! And it's finally acting like it in Tacoma.


Temperature is in the mid-70s, there's not a cloud in the sky, and tomorrow, it's probably going to rain again, so I am going full force with my celebration of the fair-weather solstice, starting with a series of self portraits I took in my backyard this morning before work.

They clearly exhibit my mixed emotions on what is ultimately a bittersweet tease of a day:


a.) Blind happiness in the ability to soak up a few morning rays.

b.) Jaded disgrutntlement that this beautiful weather will undoubteldy expire by this weekend.

c.) Sheer, unadulterated excitement for what I will do after work to maximize the fun-having capabilities of the final hours of daylight on this longest day of the year. Happy hour on a deck somewhere? Bike ride about town? BOTH?!!?! Who knows?!

Weee!

Happy summer, Tacoma!
Enjoy it while it lasts...