Butterflies

It has been a beautiful day today. Not sure how warm it is, but somewhere near 60 was predicted. One of our balmy days this month.

As I was looking out the windows, I saw the butterflies happily floating in the afternoon sun. The other day a friend sent some nature photos that contained a photo of a group of blue butterflies hanging out on a tree. They were absolutely beautiful!!! The two little metal butterflies are a far cry from those in the photo, but they do bring a smile to my face every time I see them out in the flower garden, even among the neutral colors of winter. There is so much beauty in our world, sad that people don't pay more attention to it.

Eye Glasses

Last night I discussed my like for glass. Tonight I discovered how much I really like glass, in the form of my eye glasses. I can't read anything up close without them.

Case in point. I have been showering in the other shower as it steams a bit better than the one I use all the time. I noticed tonight when I was shampooing my hair that the shampoo had a piney smell. Hmmm, I thought that was interesting and then I realized I had been washing my hair with the shower gel instead of the shampoo this week. Might account for my itchy scalp.

This photo is honor of my glasses, I sure do like them and all the things I can see and would otherwise miss if I did not have them.

glass

I tried getting a photo of the sunrise, yes sunrise. Had to blow my nose about that time. Anyway, it didn't work out and I needed to get this done and it is almost 11:00 p.m. now.

I saw the green pitcher on the table and liked it as a subject. I love colored glass, blue in particular. I have pink, ruby, dark blue and clear dishes and use them during the holidays.

the fan

The fan can be found in our living room. I have been looking at it way too many hours recently.

I have watched a number of home decorating shows on HGTV as well. I should be able to walk in to any one's place and rearrange things, fix things, paint things or tell someone how much a place will cost no matter what part of the country it is in or some other country. I find it interesting that people are moving out of the country to live in other countries. It will be interesting to see how that plays out.

Too many

I have seen far too many of the little white tissues coming out of the top of this box. I am currently on box # 4. I do like the white flowers on the side of the box though. They are a nice touch that I see every time I reach for another tissue.

I talked to my mom this evening and one of her sisters has the same thing. She said it was the worst cold she has ever had and given the fact that she is 20+ years my senior, I consider her to be an expert on this subject.

It finally bloomed

I slept in a chair in our living room part of last night due to my cold, didn't notice any improvement there either. BUT when it became light out this morning, I was greeted by a nice surprise, the peace lily in the dining room was blooming.

I am fascinated by these curious flowers. They shoot up out of the plant's base, they are tightly wrapped and then unfurl to reveal a satiny hood and the bumpy, yellow stamen. Sometimes they last for weeks, which is probably determined by the care they are given around here.

My Project

I started cleaning the sewing room about a week ago. It came to a halt shortly after I started and I haven't gotten back to it. I decided to move the fabric paint and drafting table back over to the sewing room in our home. The boxes are siting right where they were placed one week ago. Hopefully I will make a little progress on it tomorrow. I will see how I feel.