Around Here

Things are coming together around here. I've been in the process of painting every room in the house different shades of white, and it feels wonderful and full of light. I love bright colors, but I'm also very fickle--my tastes change constantly. So, I'm learning that I need to use bright color sparingly, in special ways, and in temporary ways, so I can change my mind without too much investment lost! Little lessons...

P.S. I finally found a home for my favorite painting. It hung in my grandmother's house while I was growing up, and then I inherited it. 

march

I keep thinking it's still late February, and that means I've repeatedly been relieved that it's finally March. The two photos above basically sum up February: dark, cold, rainy weather, short days spent inside teaching and practicing, little encouragements along the way, working on sprucing up our home, and learning my way around my DSLR (which is almost never out of my sight now). One of my favorite things about the process of learning to take pictures is when I realize, "Oh! I can take a picture of that...from that angle!" For instance, my violin. Which basically has personhood status in this household, anyway, so I may be taking a lot of portraits of it. Long story short: welcome, March! (Although it's half gone now.)

P.S. I just learned to make a Favicon. I didn't even know what that word meant until today, when I thought to myself, "Hey, I wonder how you change that little tiny icon on the tab next to your blog title?" Thank you, Google. It's the little things.

north georgia snapshots

Oh, what a lovely weekend of resting, shutterbug-ing, walking, and watching movies by the fire! Many thanks to Bunky for letting me bribe him with horse treats so I could snap his photo, and to a wonderful mother-in-law for wandering around with me to explore nearby hills and valleys. Counting down to the next mountain house trip...