monty: that kind of day

July begins tomorrow. Today is gray and raining.

dramatic sunset is dramatic

Early summer sunset. Patio greenhouse on the bottom right.

when days are long and skies are gray...

I look at this photo of Beans. It makes me smile and realize that whatever is bothering me now, likely won't a year from today.

Beans asleep.

i had a bonus, but i spent it

One pink sewing machine, two pink sewing machines.

I'm lucky enough to work for a company where I get a bonus. At the beginning of the fiscal year, company goals are determined and metrics are clearly laid out. If it has been a good year, and conveniently before the RRSP deadline, we receive this bonus (if any). Because I continue pretending to be a "responsible and productive" member of society, so I forward a portion of it to my retirement savings. The rest, I spend.

I don't readily have a lump of spending money at any given time. Akin to an excited, hungry dog staring into a deli, I salivate at all the possibilities...and also the bacon. I can spend it on responsible things (that word again...ugh), or I can spend it on things that will make me happy. This year's bonus was good, and these are what I bought: