Dreams, Moments, Travels
With the flowers coming home for the weekend, it is now my turn to also enjoy the sweet bouquet. Caroline’s dark office was not the healthiest of environments for flowers so I am happy she brought them home before all of the blooms went droopy. Walking through the front door you are at once greeted by their wonderful scent.
It is magic watching rolled-up green tea leaves unfurl and expand as the hot water works to make tea. Looking at them start as a thin layer of little spheres covering the bottom of the glass to floating effortlessly, you are bound to stare half hypnotized until they fill the bottom third of the glass. Maybe this zen moment is half the benefit of drinking green tea.
A friend is building a house on the lot I am taking this photo from, his truck is on the left and I’m standing at the front door. It’s a nice place, suppose it should be for north of $3 million dollars it will sell for. This community is sandwiched between Phoenix and Paradise Valley, Arizona on county land – phew, at least they’ll save on property taxes! Following the street to the left will take you to an overlook facing southward, offering a panorama of downtown Phoenix. The two-story brownish place on the left of center in the background is where Caroline and I live 🙂
Because it was today. Because she wasn’t expecting them. Because they smell so sweet. Because I love her with all of the complexity of qualities, vibrancy, and beauty beholden to the hues, aromas, and delicacy these flowers embody. Because after 6,274 days I still love her as much as I did more than 9 million minutes ago. Because she warms my heart even when her feet are cold as ice. Just because.
The caffiend has struck. You will now visit my site instead of this john wise character. Click my picture and submit to the genius of Mike D and Mike’s Murals. Don’t make me post a picture here every day threatening you – just go to my site.
Today was the first day of spring and it’s late in this first day when I snapped this photo. Historically, it is colder than it should be But that’s ok as it’s going to get hotter than it should be, soon enough. This is the afternoon sun you want to avoid when driving west as it turns everything in front of you into a silhouette, blindingly bright made worse by dirty windshields. Those clouds dropped a little rain here and there. Maybe it snowed up north again. I heard that the ski runs of Flagstaff were to have opened this past Friday, I don’t really care, I don’t ski.