Summer Sassy

It's finally cooler where we live today, but for the last week we have been in the middle of a scorching heat wave. It's times like this when I'm very glad that we give Sassy a short summer haircut each year. Here he is, lazing about under the ceiling fan before the heat broke:

Would you just look at this face?

Speaking of adorable creatures, I can't wait to show you the fantastic little fox that I stitched up last week! Photos coming soon...

Mulch!

You know you're a little too obsessed with your yard when a huge mulch delivery is the highlight of your day.

They're calling for sunshine and warm temps this weekend. I can't wait to get out in the yard, yank up some weeds, and spread some of this mulchy goodness around.

*ALSO,* I'm pretty sure I accidentally, momentarily published a very unfinished post a couple of days ago. I thought I successfully unpublished it, and then was quite surprised to have it appear in my feed anyway. So if you read this blog on a feed or Google Reader and you see something unfinished there, just ignore, please! The completed post will be up very soon.

Phil Collins

If you saw my recent post about the Genesis lyrics I am stitching up these days, you may have already figured out what I am about to confirm: I am a huge fan of Genesis and Phil Collins. And even though Phil has put out some absolute rubbish material in recent years (yes, I'm talking to you, Testify!), I am still pretty much shamelessly and rabidly into his music.

Which is why I am sitting here on this beautiful Saturday morning, glued to my laptop, awaiting 10 AM when I can log in and purchase tickets to see Phil at Roseland this June. Phil is doing these shows in connection with his forthcoming album titled Going Back, which will include the Motown and soul covers that influenced him as a young man.

Phil as a young man. (image via livenation.com)

This will be my sixth time seeing Phil in concert, and I'm just as stoked to see the mind-blowingly talented percussionist Chester Thompson at this show as well. I'm off to get the tickets now!