Pictures and Words

Just a random bunch of photos...

My little actress sister! She's a stunner!

Front porch greenery. My sad little fig tree has been shocked, hailed on, and wilted, but still lives!

My leaf costers. There are plans for leaf costers for each season (props to Shara-Berra!)

Yours truely.

My tomato plants are flowering!

The green mtns are so pretty!

This is my sexy outdoors man!

This is the snake that surprised us while hiking, right after I commented on how roots in the path make me think of snakes. 0.o

spring wants...

There's something about nice weather that makes me want to throw wisdom and responsibility to the warm wind, and go laze about for days on end; eating sushi and reading poetry, sitting on top of my loved mountains, driving with windows down, loving the warmth that still lingers in the evening. But math classes and lack of funds sadly stand firm in my way.
So I sit indoors, feeling the breeze as it comes through the windows, and read poetry online (books are much more satisfying), Twitter, and read news.

February Exhaustion

I think there's something tiring about February. At least for me, and I get a sense of the same feeling from friends. The inspired, determined, excited charging into the New Year has past, there are no holidays or even good excuses to get away, and the winter is just dragging on. There's no desire to make an effort to write or 'do' and the cold days drag on and on.
So I'm glad that March is almost here. Now if only the weather would warm up and be conducive for flip-flop wearing...
Still, there's a definite relief to February's end. February's imprisonment of my joy and fortitude is over! I feel all the stress of the month leaving, and creativity and motivation taking their rightful places in mah head. I'm no longer content to waste my entire evening with my computer (only pieces.... ~.^), and instead have been cleaning my house, making things, and reading!
There's a mess of crazy quilt supplies and ribbon on my couch, my raven pattern for Kyle (his fav poem is The Raven and he recites it so amazingly!), and my camera lays nearby.
It feels good to make a crafty mess! It's very similar to the dirty feeling that comes from tramping through the woods or fields or whatever. Both are refreshing because of the products of the mess. In my case, progress on my oft ignored quilt, attempts at designing (ha ha), and the mental stimulation that comes from reading (I always feel better when I'm reading...and reading more than the news and filler articles on Msn.com and yahoo.com).
So, welcome March! Bring with you warm weather, comfort, and inspiration! Take away the doldrums (I like that word) of winter and the cold curse of February! Show us the green of plants and let us feel the spring fever in our blood! Banish February from our minds and bring thoughts of spring and play! Gladly we await you!