here + now

Things have been happening so quickly lately. I left my job two weeks ago, my apartment and suddenly I'm living in a new (but familiar) place. I received so many goodbye gifts:
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The Big Lebowski (DVD)
Blazing Saddles (DVD)
Notecards
My favorite Crabtree & Evelyn scent, Sonoma Valley, in soap and bodywash
AMC Movie Theater giftcard
Sunglasses (Prada no less!)
Postcards from a vintage collection
And this flower delivery, complete with a pineapple, for good luck:









































The bouquet was by far the prettiest I've ever received - it had a little bit of everything going on; I took 36 pictures of it from all angles, so be sure this isn't the last you'll be seeing of it.

Now I'm back at the beach - the West Palm Beach - eating blackberries and living the good life.














Steve - once an avid saltwater aquarium builder/beyond enthusiast/coral farming freak, has now "fucked fish" in lieu of the regal orchid.




























From Adaptation...
John Laroche: Then one morning, I woke up and said, "Fuck fish." I renounce fish, I will never set foot in that ocean again. And there hasn't been a time where I have stuck so much as a toe back in that ocean.
Susan Orlean: But why?
John Laroche: Done with fish.
We've got four orchids so far...we're going to buy a new one each month.
Candid backyard photos: