Scenes From The Weekend

 (blossoms + blue sky)

 (decadence in a jar)

 (book browsing in the basement of The Strand)

 (canary-yellow tulips in a blue pitcher)

 (unable to resist that scruffy face)

 (raindrops behind the stained-glass bathroom window)

 (from my pockets, Friday afternoon, 2:30pm)

 (pineapple-scented candle)

 (nostalgic reading)

(re-purposing a tea tin)

I feel quieter than usual today. Can't quite place my finger on the reason, but I think it has something to do with the range of emotions experienced over the weekend. Saturday and Sunday presented as polar opposites through both the weather and my emotional tenure: chilly, rainy and moody juxtaposed with warm, bright and cheery. It's funny how my perception of things often mirrors mother nature. I've long-since realized how much my mind consistently aligns with the earth. Maybe that sounds hokey, but I believe it.

Good stuff worth sharing: new beautiful art books; an early bedtime that led to waking with the sun (sans alarm!) and burrowing under the covers to read while Tiho slept; thoughtful preparation of homemade meals; gourmet hot chocolate heated on the stove during a rainstorm; yellow tulips and pink alstroemeria; pausing to admire the canopy of blossoms on every street corner;  jam-tasting and flower-sniffing at the Union Square green market; Sunday morning walk into town for coffee; freshly laundered sheets; barefoot tap dancing in the kitchen; and wishing I could make time stand still while simultaneously allowing myself to surrender to the experience as it passes on by...

Hope your Monday is an inspiring one.