I was FB chatting with Loran Hills the other day. Loran and I met….hmmmm. on FB I think. But we both go back on the internet further than that. We decided that we both miss the “good ole days” of blogging when it wasn’t about business but just for fun. I have since decided that I am going to return to “just for fun” blogging.
If it doesn’t have to be profound and even make sense, I can post more often, just a picture, or not post and not feel guilty. That feels good.
I would love to get to the comfort level of my favorite blogs to read, hecatedemeter, Soul Comfort’s Corner, and The Indigo Vat, my three favorite places to hang out and relax on a quiet afternoon. All are liberal with pictures. I *can* copy that!
Today is the day after Christmas, which was lovely at, for the first time ever, away from my house. Daughter and family are in a new home, and the baton is passing (but next year I am remembering to pack goodies for next day snacks, which I didn’t even think of this time since I’m the one that ALWAYS has leftovers!)
Son, who is home for the holidays, stayed at daughter’s to help with some of the painting things they need done since he is a contractor and can paint in his sleep. In less than 2 hours he completely removed a pesky ceiling border that they had despaired over ever getting off. His day of work is his gift to them. Great gift!
I finished a collage portrait for him that I started 2 years ago. He decided he was taking it home unfinished and my inner artist had a heart attack. I promised to finish for him today and I did. Am pleased with it.
Am also greatly enjoying a Kindle book from my longest friend, Linda: “The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel”. Have just started but, in the way of good books, it has already captivated me. Another book that was wonderful that I just finished is “The Gravity of Birds” – do yourself a favor. Don’t miss that one. Or “And the Mountains Echoed” the latest by that master storyteller, Khaled Hosseini.
Linda also sent me a lovely little journal and I have determined that I will collect quotes in it, and possibly use them for my postings here – as bits of whimsy or solid foundations for an introspective post. Today’s collected quote, from “The Thirteenth Tale”: “Perhaps emotions have a smell or a taste; perhaps we transmit them unknowingly by vibrations in the air.” Isn’t that provocative? I sure think so!
Hubby gave me wonderful goodies to stay with me for a long time: a very nice gift certificate to the Bead Boutique in Prince Frederick, MD, and an amazing piece by Debra Bernier, whose work I have lusted over for quite some time now. I probably shouldn’t share her info with you because it will just create more demand for her work, which is hard enough to get now! 😉
The final bit of flotsum for the day: pictures of my local red shouldered hawk which has discovered that the frogs, which should be hibernating in my pond, are sitting on the side, and so comes daily for his dinner of frog. I didn’t mind so much when he got the bullfrog, though the bullfrog was quite beautiful in his own way, but who will sing to me if he eats all my frogs. And why at the end of December are they not hibernating?!! Nature must eat. I cannot fault the hawk, but I do wonder about the disruption of the natural order of the seasons and the odd behavior of its creatures as a result.
Happy Boxing Day to all!
