SQUARE HUE FOR AUGUST - PIC HEAVY

Great start to the weekend yesterday with 3 hours in the pool, and for once Kev was home to join me.  It's not often I have somebody actually in the pool when I am. Of course, that means I can't blast the Bose and sing, but I can live with that.

After that we grilled some dinner and settled in to catch up on some tv, and then the hummingbirds started being fun to watch in the front window. And OMG, they were amazeballs!! Rather than taking turns at the feeder, there were a couple that were kind of playing....it's really cool. I was trying to get video but not having much luck.

Then I decided I would step out on the front porch with camera in hand. As I snuck out the door, there were 2 about 4 feet to my left that flitted off. I settled in leaning on the house directly across from the feeder and waited.

For like 10 seconds. Then the real fun started. One flew in and started eating, and then another joined her. All of a sudden I had 4 of them playing, darting and hovering. I've never had 4 at the same time before so when I came back in the house, I was absolutely giddy and posted it on Facebook as fast as I could.

Of course I had to go back out to see if it would happen again. This time I only had 2, but they saw me and started flying away. Or so I thought. What they actually did was come right over to where I was standing, with one hovering maybe 3 feet to my right and the other directly behind my right shoulder off maybe 4 feet.

Obviously I didn't want to move because they'd leave, but I managed to turn the camera and even though I couldn't see the viewfinder, I was able to catch the one closest to me as she hovered and checked me out.

I know they are pretty much fearless and will look at me without leaving, but damn!! My battery then needed charging, but I can't wait to try again tonight to get some more. I love those little buggers.

Onto the nails. I had bought this little sponge holder thingie on eBay from China to use for gradients and decided to try it out with my August Square Hue polishes. As I've said before, gradients are not my forte, but this little $1.00 tool made it super easy. I hope it wasn't just the polishes that made it work so well. Square Hue polishes are fantabulous, and I always look forward to getting them. 

I started off by doing a coat of white using Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in White Out. The colors are all Square Hue; yellow is Bikini Beach; the orange is Scorched Summer and the red is Surf Gypsy. The red also has a little bit of sparkle to it, but I did one coat of Orly Shine on Crazy Diamond just to add a bit more.

I really like how this turned out even though I decided to just do one hand. It was too late to do my right hand, and I think I'll probs do something else tomorrow night to start off the week.

You wouldn't expect me to wear this all the way to Monday, would you??