Moving Out From Under Shadows

Winter Shadows

 What will this week bring us in the news is becoming more predictable that something will shake our core. The issues are so big, it is easy to feel powerless. How we hold on is amazing. 

Ways that help me is to look at an issue from both sides. Considering both views without the emotional bias, can be very difficult. Being informed through multiple sources eases the difficulty. Instead of turning away from the news, lean into it, learn from it and support decisions with facts. 

An old subject like this is worth repeating. Decluttering emotions is as important as organizing stuff.

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In the beginning of a week, I think of what I want to do, how to organize the days ahead. My to do list is much longer than my done list. This week, instead of the olde list of many, a single theme will be interesting. 

I found a folder of photos I printed out to paint from going back to the early 2000s.  One of them inspires me to make this week ‘s theme, Art. Whether paint, pencil or using glue, daily creating is a must. The week feels brighter already. 

What theme do you like for your week?

Day 45 of Week 7 February 2026

 Happy Valentine’s Day to All Y’all!

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Every footstep absorbs a tiny vibration from inner Earth that Spring is near. A gauzy blush hovers over hearts ready to bloom as eager April flowers. 

The tea diffuser I ordered arrived. A small object brings this blogger a large thrill. No longer will I have to use a coffee maker in order to fill one cup. No more wasted coffee. No more messy clean up. 

Have a thrilling weekend!

Read about root crops

Sow a seed indoors

Watch an old movie

Tell a chair a silly story 

Draw a bicycle

Call an old friend

Count the corners in your kitchen

Learn to make a vodka sunrise

Stainless Steel Tea Diffuser

Winter Photography: The Outdoors & Indoors

 

Anyone checked for solar flares lately?

Tuna Sandwich Party

Thoughts, for me, have been as creatively scattered as the clutter in the waiting-to-be-put-away zone. I know that the Moon and solar flares can impact Earth’s magnetic fields. Animal behavior can be impacted as well, includes humans. The unusual vibe I feel, 

might be due to the many days of below freezing temperatures. Or perhaps the quality of the indoor air is at work jostling around my brain chemicals.

Right now. The quality of my life, (even with jolly good thinking going on), is mainly involved with the weather. There is frozen water crystals all over the ground. No matter where snow is, all of winter is inspiring to me. As the daylight hours increase, I begin to think of plants sprouting, sandals and flowering trees. Winter does that, brings us along into another season.

For now. There is snow. I want to look at it. I want to take pictures of it. I want to watch it falling. Snow brings water to Earth and in many ways, happiness to people. 

Bringing It In With Bright Ideas

Here I go again adjusting my life with bright ideas. This one is near the brightest. 

I decided that since I love Nature so much, watch hours of camping videos, I should bring that rustic aesthetic into my home/personal space. 

I began by ordering pinecone pattern sheets to use as the fabric for sofa cushion slipcovers. Then I ordered a rustic (gorgeous) mug. On my to do list is to make (learn how-to) bread. Yesterday I bought parsley and lettuce seeds to start my garden 2026 indoors. The major sorting stuff last week has my muscles in shape. Any day now I could be fit enough to chop a cord of wood. 😂

Pinecone sheets
from Black Forest Decor

Here’s how my bright ideas is progressing. Every time I’m typing and stop to think, my eyes close, and my head slowly lowers as my mouth pathetically hangs open. Is thinking not good for me!? 😱

Enter 2026 my life adjustment phase. 

Think Logistics.

What I ask myself, the bright idea catalyst: 

Are the things in my life able to do what they are meant to, when they are meant to be done? Am I choosing the best ways to support the quality of my life? What is the quality of my life? 

Methinks, the way we ask questions about ourselves, can give us a perspective we might have been ignoring or weren’t aware of. 

There is a gated path to finding the answers to those questions. The sign out front says:

Beware of the Rabbit Hole