Sweater: thrifted * Pants: Old Navy * Boots: Target * Belt: thrifted * Socks: Smart Wool
Monday! Okay, I admit, my excitement is a bit misplaced, but I figure it's better to start the week off with an exclamation point, right? In any case, it is Monday, and we're all just going to have to deal with it. Joe and I spent the weekend doing a variety of something and nothing; we slept in, made big weekend breakfasts, went grocery shopping, played cribbage, took a long walk, did laundry, went on an impromptu Saturday night date, and nearly froze our little toes off in the snow. There wasn't anything particularly spectacular about the weekend, but I think that's what made it feel so right. There was nothing forced, and nothing extravagant, but we had a nice time together and I feel somewhat rested and ready for the week.
I really feel like Joe has been knocking it out of the park with pictures lately. I recently upgraded to a Canon DSLR, and I couldn't be happier with my new toy. It's worth more than I am, so I'm massively paranoid that I will break and or ruin it at some point (hey, there's a reason that my old camera was nicknamed R2D2 - hint: it looked like a scrap robot). But I love it, and I love how beautifully it takes pictures. Joe said he likes it because it makes a clicking "camera noise" when it takes a picture. I, too, appreciate the sound effects.
It's the last day of February today, which means that March is almost upon us, and Spring is right around the corner. The days are getting longer, and I've been so happy to catch some of that beautiful late-afternoon light that Joe has so perfectly captured in these pictures. I noticed this morning as I woke up that dawn was just breaking over the buildings, and I couldn't help but breathe a little sigh of relief. I'm so looking forward to sitting in my comfy chair, coffee in hand, with the bright morning sun pouring into our living room.
I've been contemplative lately, and I feel like I've been spending a lot of time waiting for certain things to un-wrinkle and sort themselves out. It's not in an impatient way, actually. It's a satisfied sense of waiting, instead, a sense that I just need to let certain things smooth themselves out, in their own time. I'll be ready when everything does get sorted out (though, in reality, does everything ever really get sorted out completely?), but I'm not really in a rush to get there. For now I'm content to watch the days get longer, and slowly wait for the winter's ice to melt off of the lake in quiet anticipation of spring.
Title song: Dar Williams, "February"
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