365: week 13

85/365
The lighting at The National Seashore was fantastic with the cloud cover. I bought a season pass since it's so nice, wild, and away from everything and we spent hours exploring beaches.



86/365
We went to the botanical gardens where they take in unwanted or "problem" parrots. I spent ages playing with the cockatoos, ugh I love them so much. This little girl was named Misouko and when we left to visit other birds she would cling to the side of her cage and murmur "pretty bird" as she did little crest flips. We took pictures of Swallowtail butterflies, saw cottontail rabbits nibbling on clovers, and then got snow cones with ice-cream afterwards.



87/365
We all went for a walk with Mr. Wendell, our Southern Tamandua, as a final goodbye before he left for the Memphis Zoo, where he will live out a happy life as a proud creator of many little baby tamanduas. You can see his tongue in this shot!



88/365
We kept on planning to go to the beach after I finished with work each day, but it was basically terrible weather the entire time Cleo was here. We finally decided to brave the 30+ mph winds and determinedly frolicked in the ocean and attempted to do some embroidery with sand whipping everywhere. I'm glad we went.



89/365
Cleo and I planned on camping out at the National Seashore, so we had a bonfire on the beach and invited a bunch of my Texas friends. It was windy (of course), but super fun!



90/365
The next morning we woke up early enough to watch the sun rise over the ocean after we had put away all our gear. We then finished off the trip with a trip to a delicious local diner. The perfect end to an amazing trip!



91/365
April Fool's! I had some googly eyes leftover from the year I played a similar April Fool's joke on my mom (putting eyes on everything in our fridge), so I put them all over the apartment.


This weekend has been a great balance of productivity and relaxation. I did a bunch of chores yesterday, went to the volunteer banquet where we went to a swanky roof bar after the ceremonies, then spent today watching a movie with Laura complete with Grimaldi's pizza, drinking and reading by the pool, taking Earth for a (semi-drunken) walk, and now mentally prepping myself for work this next week.

I think I truly am going to follow my mother's advice and create a mural that says "I believe in myself" in glitter.