Last week I did nothing but sneeze and blow my nose and sneeze some more. It’s a small price to pay for spring weather in February. Today, the allergies have seemed to back off – the temps have also seemed to back off and it may be rainy all week. Boo rain, boo… but it’s so much better than more snow right now.
With the change in weather, I’m glad I got outside with my camera last week. I took an outdoor lunch with Mac and walked the Waterfront in hopes of seeing something new. I’m here to report there’s nothing new. Nuthin. People were out and relaxing in the breeze, ducks were swimming and dipping, trash was floating around the outside of the fountain… yep, nothing has changed. I had a boring photowalk. But I tried to make something good of it.
I searched for things that were “white” for the challenge, I tried out new perspectives, sat down on my butt a few times, even tried shooting at some people. It felt like I hadn’t gotten anything. After I pulled the images up at home, I was right. There was only one I kept going back too. The one of the fella fishing. With his three poles and grocery cart. Every time I look at it, I tell myself I should have gotten closer. Maybe even struck up conversation and asked him if I could take some shots. But I didn’t. I’m a scaredy cat. So I have to live with what I got.
Maybe one day I’ll overcome this fear. The stranger danger fear. But what I know for sure is it ain’t today. Or tomorrow.
St. Kitts – The Atlantic Ocean is on the left. The Caribbean Sea is on the right.
I haven’t let it go. I still yearn for island time again. For warm breezes and sunshine galore and people with fantastic accents.
I’ll have to settle for current forecast – it’s warming up here in Kentucky.
According to the weather guy (which he’s been wrong before so he can most definitely be wrong again), Louisville is supposed to hover in the 50ºs for the next week. This makes me do the happy dance. I hope my happy dance isn’t a snow dance because that would be the most disappointing thing since the final episode of Lost.
I need to shoot something. Other than a knitted hat. Something outside.
I smell a photowalk in my near future. I think me and Mac… or maybe the kahuna… are going to have to take a lunch together downtown. To see if anything has changed since winter holed us up. I doubt anything has but to see it with fresh eyes is promising.
So, Mr. Weatherman, don’t let me down. I need this defrosting we’ve got. You can toss in rain for a day or so but give me clear skies for the most part. I need that up there. I need a play date with my camera outside. Yeah… I need.
I’m not a fan of Valentine’s Day. It hovers around le birthday and, well, I think it’s kind of pointless. But there is so much love going on for the day of lovers, I thought I’d point you to some folks who embrace it. And of course, Happy Schmalentine’s Day to you.
Pink Suede Shoe has a delicious crafting blog. This week she shared a Valentine’s craft everyday building up to today. So crafty.
Who doesn’t love Bakerella? Lip-shaped cake pops are a win in my book. And a want.
And while we’re still on the subject of sweet treats, Wendipants at Bon Appetit Hon has the best Food Memory post today. Puffy Hearts… I want so bad to put my face in one.
Denise at Once Upon A Time has lists of random facts on Tuesdays. I like Tuesdays. Some may have been Valentine related.
And because I can’t help myself, an oldie from Listverse. A list of miserable facts about V-Day.
It was either this or show you another hat I knitted… I thought you might like something different.
Love on, folks. Love on.







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