Are you there summer? It's me, Carina

Since moving back to the PNW, there have been few things more frustrating in daily life than the crappy weather. I've been told these last two years are merely a fluke. However, I have my doubts.
If this is indeed the case, this transient can hardly hold still long enough to wait out the rain with the "hope" of sunny days to come. I fear for my sanity, as I'm beginning to show signs of a Seattle (Tacoma) local. Just this past Friday (our warmest day of the year so far... with a record 70F), I blasted my car's air conditioning and left the house without my token grey sweater. Gasp!
Luckily, the warm sunny weather did not last long, and I was back in my cloudy, overcast comfort zone by Saturday.
Since, however, the temperature has remained a steady 65ish thoughout the weekend, I was able to accomplish a handful of summerlike activities such as weekend crafts and grilling out.

For your viewing pleasure, enjoy:

I spent most of Saturday up at Paine Field at an airshow for work.
Unfortunately for my family, it only strengthened my desire to start
flying ASAP

I've driven by the Dream Lifter many times, but have never been close up on foot.
I was really hoping for a tour... but a couple shots will suffice, I suppose.

I have my first obsession with Tacoma: A food co-op called Tacoma Boys...
this bunch of asparagus was a mere $2.50 and will probably
provide us with side dishes all week. I also happened to
purchase three bottles of wine for $10... AH-mazing!



Sunday evening grilling is a family affair





A little garden pruning



GrillMaster Flex 

 

 It seems almost criminal for me to have this $600 grill... an inherited piece of furniture from the last move. I was happy the moving guys were smart enough to hook up the propane tank for me, otherwise this bad boy would probably just sit through the summer looking pretty.



  

My weekend project was to create frames to display all my metro and train tickets from my trip in Europe last fall. I found this two large frames featuring smaller displays and thought with some fabulous craft paper, they would be perfect. I love how they turned out! Unfortunately, now I can't find the tickets... so they'll sit empty until the tickets are found or a new trip is booked, whichever comes first...