planning, listening, and doing some laundry

{planning}
i was looking through some photos on my computer and came across this one of fall in point defiance park and thought it looked like the perfect spot for a picnic. want to join me? wouldn't a big blogger picnic, like a family reunion but without the baggage, be wonderful?!

my mouth has been watering as i read each of the recipes and recommendations you all have been sharing here. i hope you will continue to add other recipes or tips as you think of them. and, i will be sure to report on how things go in the kitchen. i can't wait.

{listening}

the almost like a two-hour lullaby to the self when singing along with these folks playlist

Play Me sung by Neil Diamond
Painting By Chagall sung by The Weepies
Few Days Down sung by Mandy Moore
That's Me sung by Paul Simon
Walking In Memphis sung by Marc Cohn
Magic sung by Bruce Springsteen
Winding Road sung by Bonnie Somerville
Stay sung by Alison Krauss
Wintersong sung by Sarah McLachlan
America sung by Simon & Garfunkel
I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You sung by Colin Hay
Saturn's Light sung by Deb Talan
Songbird sung by Fleetwood Mac
Today sung by Joshua Radin
Caravanserai sung by Loreena McKennitt
milkweed sigh sung by stephanie dosen
All Good Things sung by Mandy Moore
On a Day When the Wind Is Perfect sung by David Wilcox
Let Me Touch You for Awhile sung by Alison Krauss & Union Station
Another Galaxy sung by Paul Simon
World Spins Madly On sung by The Weepies
Breathe Me sung by Sia
The Light Is Always Green sung by The Housemartins
Closer sung by Joshua Radin
This Is Neverland by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Forgiven sung by Deb Talan
Virginia Woolf sung by Indigo Girls
My Traveling Star sung by James Taylor
You Decorated My Life sung by Kenny Rogers
Help Me Make It Through The Night sung by Willie Nelson
Only The Lonely sung by Martha Davis/The Motels*

{doing some laundry}

tomorrow i head to portland for the weekend. can't wait! tonight i'm quickly looking through these photos trying to decide what to pack after the laundry is all done...

*the version from the album Clean Modern and Reasonable (you can download it at iTunes for less than the amazon import price). the whole album is pretty fantastic…and I’m only slightly biased because my brother co-produced, recorded, mixed it and played drums and acoustic guitar on it.