Life.Planted.

Spring is officially 3 more days away!!  The sun is shining and warm. Previews of life crawling out from the thawed ground. The last few weeks I feel like my energy has been sucked out of me and used to sprout new life from the earth.  I always feel this change of season the most. Maybe because it feels like the dark we've been living in is now illuminated by light. My mind and body is thawing out along with our part of the Earth.  My eyes and chin rise up toward the light instead of fall into darkness.  And the days burn brighter longer. And things have slowed down.... and I don't worry to much about the things that don't get done because they do get done eventually, just at a slower pace. (Like the playroom I've been painting for three weeks now lol)  Soon enough the pace will pick back up. lacrosse. boat season. sailing. plays. summer. football. It's all right around the corner.  We've also slowed down because our little family is all on the mend from a ...

March  "With rushing winds and gloomy skies, the dark and stubborn winter dies." ~Bayard Taylor One of those winter days when the sun is warm, but the chill is still in the air.  The sun shines bright in the morning then a pasty overcast sky in the afternoon.  Pointing your face towards the morning light to embrace your skin in warmth.  A taste of spring on the horizon, waiting for the change in the season, birds chirping from their post, but you know winter will still hang on for a little bit longer.  The snow has hardened on the ground. Slippery and broken. Taking its time to melt.  It always surprises me how green the grass is when the snow melts, but not now. Now it's dead and grey and dull. Trees empty of life. Pale winter sun shining through the winter clouds. The only greenery comes from inside the home from house plants. Hanging plants, plants climbing the walls. Plants reaching, absorbing up the warmth of sunlight streaming through the windows....