dirt tan

a friend just returned from a 3 week trip to  breezy portland. alighting the plane, she was greeted with a hot humid wall of texas heat...ssw.

first on her list of settling back into the routine of home was to tackle the weed fest and grass jungle leading to her front door. the tortures of yard work during the middle of summer in texas are plenty; poisonous weeds, jerk-hole mosquitoes, and weird-o havalinas.

m. discovered another summer yard work hazard. while trimming her lawn to prepare for a mid-july porch party she procured a sticky hot dirt tan. dirt tans sometimes may be the last resort when attempting to get some summer color, but they come with countless drawbacks. umm...obviously, they are just plain dirty, they itch, they smear onto the skinny white jeans of cute boys, and as m. has illustrated, they give you funny boot lines.