It may be sunny outside but it's only in the high 30s at this very minute. Honestly, we can't take much more of this crazy mixed up definitely not springlike weather. So, I decided to make my own. The florist was out of peonies but they had this beautiful ranunculus. And the shop down the block had the perfect bud vase. It may not be much, but it lifts my mood out of the winter blahs every time I look over at it.
Starting at the beginning... in the middle of the week.
Thank you all for the anniversary well wishes! Some of you asked about the photo that Mark took of me... so here you go.
This little wooden couple is part of a set my sister and I found at a thrift store a couple of years ago. At the time I thought that they were pricy at 80 cents apiece. Now, I kind of think they were a pretty good deal. Currently, I have these two up on our mantle. I put them there as a part of my Valentine's Day decor and they stayed to help celebrate our Anniversary. I guess they are still there because I haven't gotten tired of them yet. (Here's a very bad picture of the whole set.)
A QUESTION FOR YOU
I've been thinking about selling some of my photos as prints in my shop. What do you think about this idea? Are there already too many photo print sellers out there or should I go for it? I would really like to know your thoughts. Have you ever bought a print online?
Yesterday Mark and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary. This year I wanted to spend the afternoon picnicking by the river. Unfortunately, freezing temperatures trimmed our picnic to a brief photographic adventure. My eyes were watering so much from the icy wind that I couldn't be sure my shots were in focus. Of course, after twelve years Mark has gotten used to my initial optimism, "Let's go to the river for the afternoon!" Which inevitably turns to realism, "Help, the wind has frozen my eyeballs. I can't see. Please return me to the car so that I can thaw out." He did this, but not before he kept me standing on the arctic bridge for FIVE MINUTES while he tried to take a picture of my pathetic, frozen, half-blind watering eyes because it-was-just-so-cute!
Yep, that's what I love about this man. He gets me.
It should be safe to post these now. These are the photos that I took and sent to my swap partner as a part of the the Nectar & Light Photo Exchange. I love the idea behind this swap and have signed up to participate again in March. Plus, I started my own flickr photo set for the images that I both send and receive as a part of the exchange. The theme for February was Morning Ritual.
