Liquid Paper

1960 Raleigh Robin Hood 3-Speed Bicycle

Meet my new bike...

(*Photo by Mark. See his whole flickr set here.)

Surest Sign of Spring

The birds are back. (And apparently very interested in what I'm doing.)

day 7 of influenza

Believe me, day seven feels a lot like day one. The cough is a little lighter, but the headache is still there. A small piercing pain. I prefer it to the horrific pounding pain of days 3-5. If the Center for Disease Control's website says that influenza lasts anywhere from 4-7 days, then why-oh-why does my body feel like it is pushing for a record-breaking eight? Oh please, let this be the last day! Let it hold at seven and give me a healthy day eight tomorrow. Pretty please?

gray is the perfect color

Here are the last 8 pictures from my 365 | 2009 set on flickr:

the small things

green week :: day 2

A small sprig of Spring for green week.

And below you'll find photo No. 62 of 365

The Spring catalogs begin to arrive.

(See it bigger for more detail.)

i stare at what's there

No. 61 of 365

This is a shot of our bedroom doorway looking out into the hall. (See it bigger.) The title is a bit misleading. It would be more appropriate to say that I stare at what isn't there. Why? It always takes me a while to get out of bed. I spend at least 10-15 minutes staring at this corner or that until I come to my senses and realize that I've been staring at nothing for a very long time. Sometimes Mark will ask me, "Are you staring?" We've been married long enough that he doesn't ask me what I'm staring at any more. p.s. I plan on painting the rest of the door frames white (not the doors themselves). For some reason they are white inside the rooms but not in the hallway.

snow day

It is snowing and so very dark outside today. It is dark inside too. The FedEx delivery woman and I both agreed that it should not be snowing today. But it is. This photo is of our dining room table. See it bigger, it's prettier. 

No. 57

It is so dark out today. 

mark made this possible

He is the one who: 

a) has a fascination with HIWI (Houston It's Worth It.)

b) ordered this book (and a mug which isn't pictured)

c) took the photo of me with the book

d) made me a delicious latte

"The rain. Large soak-you-to-the-

bone rain drops. Fierce, beautiful

lightning. It rains so hard, you can

barely see. And it rains often enough

to humble you, to show you what is

really powerful in the world, and to

remind you of what matters."

i still need a red one

No. 45
Striped Tops