Cheez Its

An otherwise perfectly fine day took an ugly turn in the late afternoon, leaving me standing on an over-crowded train in a sour mood. It really doesn't matter what it was that put the scowl on my face (work-related stress typically isn't worth the re-hash); the interesting part is how we get ourselves out of the funk.

Venting, breathing, running, dancing, drinking, eating. We all have our ways of beating the blues.

Today I conquered my anger with Cheez-Its.
R and I have been on a very controlled low-carb diet for two weeks now. When I got home to an empty house, I headed straight for that red box.

Now I just have to rid myself of the shame of eating far too many orange crackers.

What do you do to beat the stress?

My Summer Hiatus Is Over

I realize that I never announced my summer break from blogging, so it is likely that most of you have abandoned jessicahawkins.blogspot altogether. But if you somehow made it back here, I hope you'll continue to visit. My hiatus is officially over.

Zucchini Flowers in the Morning

First Tomato

First Purple Pepper

Spring

This might be one of the coolest photos I've ever taken... No photoshop!!

The best way to spend a Saturday.