gray

The fog lifted only for an hour or two today, it's gray and cool outside. It's refreshing after the desert. It's a reminder that the rains will return in perhaps four to six weeks.

I'm getting caught up on all those little mundane things. Laundry. Using the air compressor to blast the playa dust out of the inside of the Jeep before I take it in to get the window fixed tomorrow. Some reading.

Yesterday was the big town-wide garage sale that brings in tourists from down below, beyond the redwood curtain. They drive around in thing-lust, looking out their side windows, not paying attention, generally making life dangerous for pedestrians. I rode around town on my bike, since there was essentially no place to park anyway. But it was a high-awareness day, a watch out for others day.

Breakfast. Making the rounds of garage sales, more to talk to the neighbors than anything else... I already have too much stuff, didn't buy a thing. At 7, to Eureka for Arts Alive, and to meet with a model and negotiate a shoot. It may happen in the next couple of days, or maybe not til after the Bay Area trip. She works retail, and gets her schedule only a day or two in advance.

Arts night was crowded, but not particularly interesting, so I didn't stay very long, didn't see very much that caught my attention. We have a big exhibit opening here at the gallery in Ferndale next weekend... so I'll need to continue prepping for that.