From the monthly archives:

January 2009

I’ve been busy…

January 31, 2009

… somewhere else. I made it through the first month of my Project 365 (one photo each day for the entire year)! Click on the photo mosaic to see the individual shots for the month of January. In the set are some shots that are throwaways, but all I had for the day, and some [...]

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small joys: 6

January 6, 2009

1. New windows installed in our bedroom today! The old windows — 101 years old — were crooked, and therefore drafty. When the wind blew, we could see our curtains move… and yes, that was with the windows closed. The new windows are double-paned, with argon between the panes and low-E coating on the exterior. [...]

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Chili/chilly night

January 6, 2009

Although I live in Seattle, I am a Texan. I was born there, and lived three quarters two thirds of my life there. And, though I’ve lived here almost a decade, I just don’t feel like I’m a Washingtonian. (I do occasionally feel like a Seattleite. Go figure.) However, I’m not a very good Texan. [...]

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small joys: 5

January 5, 2009

1. Sliding on the snow only a little while backing our car down the driveway this morning, and clear, navigable streets the rest of the way to work. 2. Leftover chili for dinner tonight. And still enough for another couple of lunches or dinners. 3. Five days into my 365 photo project (one photo a [...]

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small joys: 4

January 4, 2009

1. Singing along with and dancing to favorite songs on my iPod while cooking dinner. 2. Discovering that our treadmill still works, and walking the first mile of 2009 on it. 3. Watching the snow fall, and the world turn white. I don’t think I’ll ever tire of the watching, though I hope tonight’s snow [...]

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small joys: 3

January 3, 2009

1. First farmers market of the year, and the first time I’ve been in two weeks (a long time between markets for me). Despite December’s record-breaking cold and snow, farmers had vegetables! 2. Phone call from a dear friend who lives on the east coast, whom we don’t see or talk with nearly often enough. [...]

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small joys: 2

January 2, 2009

1. After the early afternoon’s mix of rain, hail, and snow that didn’t stick, vividly blue skies in the late afternoon. In Seattle. In January. 2. Shopping for and installing shelves and a work surface in the closet of our third bedroom, aka the home office. One giant step for our plans to decrease the [...]

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small joys: 1

January 1, 2009

1. Soft, warm flannel sheets, freshly washed for the first night of the year. 2. Homemade sourdough English muffins, fork-split and toasted, topped with creamy scrambled eggs. 3. A length of wide Christmas ribbon, knotted at one end, that continues to enchant three cats already somewhat bored with their new toys.

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