Posts Tagged ‘winter’
Not time to cry, blog
Posted Monday, March 1, 2010
on:- In: random | snooty art hound
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Mood: | tired |
Music: | Tears for Fears-Mad World |

cherry blossoms by Cherry Creek, February 28, 2002
I don’t think I’ll have much time to blog this week, but I wanted to say so in a quick update rather than letting the tubes grow cold and quiet.
The above photograph is from a new photo set of mine on flickr and it’s one that I’ve always liked a lot. I took them on a cold, late-February Saturday in 2002. It was the weirdest day. There had been weeks of nice, spring-like weather and our part of the city decided it was time to green up again. I was driving to school to visit a friend and I was struck by the contrast between the misty, gray, cold day and the first blush of spring. It was lovely and magical and I asked to borrow my friend’s camera so I wouldn’t ever forget it.
Speaking of, I just unpacked a lot of old computer files onto a new NAS, so forgive me if I start posting a lot of blog entries and photos from the way back machine.
It was sad to see the end of the Winter Olympics last night, but I was ready for them to be over; I was really emotional for all of them and you can only be an Olympic shut-in for so long. I don’t much care for sports, but I love the Olympics (winter more than summer). I love how the Olympics shrink the distance between us and how we all get to experience the hospitality and sights of the host city, at least vicariously. They’re like a two-week experiment in being a good neighbor and on your best behavior and they always make me happy. I can’t wait for London in 2012!
I think the end of the Olympics means that the business of winter is finally over and that we can start again. I don’t know about you, but I’m so ready to put this gloomy gray suck-hole of a season back in the box. The photo and set are also a nice little reminder that spring is coming. It may not seem like it where you are, but it is. Really…I have it on good authority. Until then, courage.
xoxo