11 January 2011

The sound of silence.......


I am alone....
really alone.
No one has been in this house but me,
for nearly nine whole days.

(What I am getting ready to write should not be misinterpreted as
meaning that I don't miss my "on a biz trip to China husband")

But I 
LOVE
the 
Sound 
of 
Silence!

The house heating system just came on,
it is the first sound,
 other than my typing,
that I have heard in many minutes.....

I love it!

I could be a professional "isolator"....
(ie; one who isolates from the world)

My everyday life involves lots of people.
Many people....
tons of personalities....
traffic....
hustling....
bustling.....
noise...

I don't mind it usually.

But let me tell you this....
the last couple of 
"snow days"
have been 
God send!

I have caught up on reading....
I have watched my recorded shows....
I have done laundry....
I have re-covered dining room chair seats....
I have consumed vast quantities of coffee, in various forms...
I have eaten well, meaning healthily (yeah fiber!)
I have vacuumed, and the rug still is clean....
I have re-arranged the living room furniture 2 or 3 times
(it is back the way it was.....nearly perfect....smiles)
I have photographed a myriad of birds....
I have cleared snow and ice from cars....
I have written notes to friends...
(yeah, I still do snail mail too)
I have researched online various types of wedding vendors...
(daughter getting married in May)

And 
most of the time,
there has not been a single sound other than the 
occasional sound of birds at the feeders,
or children squealing as they run past....

The house creaks and groans a bit,
she is nearly 40 years old,
but we have grown accustomed to each other....
she knows what to expect of me,
and I, her....

I have slept like a ROCK.

Tomorrow evening,
it will all change.

I will go to the airport to retrieve loved ones,
and the silence will be broken.
That's ok.

But
 tonight
it will be quiet for just a bit more.....
smiles!




10 January 2011

Snow Day! and a new love.....

I have a new love.....

an obsessive love....

one that transends time and space....

an unexpected love....





I love talented people,
and 
often 
I find
that women seldom 
gain the recognition that they deserve....

I found Vivian Maier
through a link on Etsy.
A wonderful article telling an interesting tale
of film and negatives, 
lost
and 
found....
a mystery if you like.

I am appreciative of the fact that today 
is a certified "snow day" here in my town,
and the DOT
has asked us to stay home,
if we don't have good reason to drive.

I have good reason to stay home....
and admire the work of a 
woman,
gone
but no longer
forgotten......
smiles

09 January 2011

My sweetie in Shanghai....

No...
I am not foolin' around...
my sweetie,
my love of my life,
my husband,
is in 
Shanghai.

On business,
again......

4th time in less than a year.....

sick of it.....

But 
the good news is that 
I have rubbed off on him.

Whenever I go on a trip,
I keep my eyes open for 
opportunity....
beautiful opportunity....
Weddings,
more specifically.

Check out what he snapped
(snapped as the Queen does)









I couldn't be any more proud.....
smiles.