Happiness is ...

The other day my lovely friend, the talented soprano Kathleen Berger, had this idea over on facebook ... she was going to post a photograph of something that made her happy, every day.

I liked the idea.  There's been so much doom and gloom lately, so much chaos. 

I have spent this year following the poet, Amy Turn Sharp, as she creates a poem every day through 2012.  I love her poetry.  I love those daily poems.

To begin ... one of my favourite things is surely my deep red bookshelves, the ones that hang next to me, here at my desk.  They are loaded with my treasured books and dvds.  And there are little gifts too.

The painting from and by artist, Karla Verdugo, the red cardinal from the lovely Lisa Ferreira.  The beautiful tile with the perfect message, from Raquel

The worst summer ever ...

But perhaps that's only how it feels at the moment however the last few months have been horrible, and this 'horrible' looks set to continue a while, until I work out how to process it all.

If I told you the story of it all, you wouldn't believe me but it's been surreal ... so surreal.

Mostly I'm living very quietly while wishing I was off wandering. 

Here's to autumn being a better season, and to trams being 'enough' for the moment.

 

This Summer ...

This summer, we spent two weeks using this staircase so many times every day ... our bedroom, with that exquisitely huge old-fashioned bath, was up on the first landing.

I snapped this image, handheld, 'interesting' light, didn't think it would work ... but I like it.