Monday, January 12, 2015

A Heart-Felt New Year

Jan. 12, 2015 

     The Western WA area of the Pacific Northwest is lit by sunshine today - and warmed by much more sublime temperatures than winter usually brings to our area.  Pelting rains have subsided, flood waters are receding, and gardeners are dreaming of loamy soil and seeds that will erupt into green, growing things.  While I have down-sized from my long-time home and acreage to an apartment not far from where our house still stands [and hosts another family], I am slowly creating an art area within the few square feet that I now call home.
In a little over a month, it will be Valentine's Day.  We may have just put away the glittering lights and wrapping papers of Christmas, but the holiday of hearts and flowers erupts on the horizon in spite of our wanting to [sometimes] linger a bit longer in the firelight of winter.  I've decided to create some Valentines to honor the upcoming 'season' of chocolates and roses - and of gardens soon to awaken with the sweet scents of 'Rosa berberifolia.'