are you color starved too?

 we've had a lot of fog this last week

it just washes the color out of everything

and I find myself color starved

this ball of yarn is like a great big vitamin pill of color

(warm woolen socks in process)

it reminds me of that Deathcab for Cutie song Lack of Color:

if you feel discouraged that there's a lack of color here

please don't worry - it's really bursting at the seams

absorbing everything - the spectrum's A to Z

and coincidentally enough, those guys (DCFC) are from around here

so they knew what they were talking about when they wrote that song

what are you doing for your daily dose of color?

I know Corinne is elbow deep in paint

Patty's playing with beeswax

Dawn and Tammy are crocheting up a storm

Sharon is rediscovering her beautiful bead collection

Becca has her camera

Kim has her lovely stones and journal

Lynn has illustrated a book

... I am surrounded by encouragement and inspiration ...

x o x o 

frost here, fog there

this morning we woke up to a coating of frost on everything

I was out with my camera as soon as there was enough daylight

and then after the early morning drop offs at school and the bus stop

I went out to the valley to see the fog

fog gives everything a softness

and what little color there is

is laid gently against a canvas of mist

in my home

there has been lots of thankfulness these last five days

and now this particular mom is thankful for the return of our regular routine

(exclamation point)