That woke me up this morning.
I have been craving a little nature, and this afternoon in the park satisfied that desire. As we wondered the paths, I realized how little I had experienced of this park. I've always tended to stay on the north half near the west side because it's the closest to home. There is so much to explore and experience. I almost forgot I was in the middle of a large city.
The view from behind the camera.
A social swan posed for the close-up.
A wife/writer/blogger/photographer posed for her close-up.
For Chapman, a small Kansas town, a tornado is no longer merely something seen carrying Dorothy away in the movie The Wizard of Oz, it is a reality. June 11, 2008 changed everything. An EF-3 ripped through the center of the community, leaving a desolated path of destroyed homes, churches, schools, and memories.
Currently being a permanent pedestrian (plus subway and bus rider), I've really gotten into street signs and all the messages they inform. In the Midwest, our signs are tagged so much. Their messages are usually just the original intended message, because eyes wouldn't as easily catch all the added words.
Seth and I dream of living in a Brownstone one day. They are such beautiful and strong buildings, with details that force me to constantly look up as I walk through my neighborhood. In a moment of staring up, a small, dangling black object caught my eye. An owl! It was just hanging from the roof! Blog followers may remember my previous owl story months ago. Even if this building is an avenue up and a couple blocks away from me, I share a special bond. My building is also an owl building! Our owl, who can be seen in these pictures, is currently chilling on the roof instead of hanging over the edge. That makes 3 owls in the neighborhood. I wonder what they mean or who put them there? What secret am I not a part of...?
This is the photo I posted for my photo-a-day project. I'm on Day 4! Check out the last 4 days on flickr.
Egg sandwiches. The people at the bagel place asked me if I'd be on my way to D.C. to take pictures. (They were probably thinking it was way too early for someone to be wondering around taking pictures!)
An adventure to the roof, despite the sheet of ice that covered it!
The backs of signs are tagged throughout the neighborhood.
I didn't get a picture of these flowers before they began to hang their heads. After this picture was snapped, they met their end.
Snow covered berries.
I decided to start Project 365. Starting today, I'll be taking at least one picture a day and posting it!! Can't wait to see what happens! Check it out here!
Beautiful music on the subway platform. He even let a bystander play with him.
In the near future, I'm going to get my hair cut. It needs it SOOO terribly bad, and I've been saying I'd be getting it cut for over a month. The question is, should I get bangs cut into my hair again or not? I'm planning to still have long hair... I will probably chop it late spring and donate the long strands, but between now and then, I could have bangs.
Last night, when I was almost ready to go to bed, our new neighbor friends, N and C, stopped by for a few (drinking) games. In college, these games were played often, and we had many up our sleeves. As we began playing a variety of games, C suggested Kings. I thought I hadn't played this game, but as we began discussing the rules, I realized it was similar to a game we played called Circle of Death. With that, our evening was a flash back to college!
Funny side story... Our sink is a bit funky. When you turn on the faucet, you can turn the handles either way. There is nothing stopping the handles. So if you want to turn them on to the left, turn them left. If you'd prefer to turn them on to the right, turn right. It was weird at first, when we would turn off the faucet, but go too far and turn it right back on. With time, we've mastered the perfect turn to get them off without turning too far and turning them back on. N, on the other hand, hasn't had enough time to master the perfect turn... as she was washing her hands she had both hot and cold turned on at the same time. But, as she attempted to turn off the water, she had a bit of a problem! She'd turn one, and then the other. The water kept shooting out. She started freaking out! Even I couldn't get them shut off, as I tried to watch for the water to slow when I thought one side was turned off. Seth did finally get the water off. We weren't quite sure what we would have done at 3:30 in the morning with water running full blast out of our sink. Maybe it would have been a good time to call our landlord :)
The sun has gone down on this week, and I cannot help but look forward to the long weekend. Sadly, it's way too cold (and of course, the slumlord doesn't turn up the heat because he's cheap). Spring are you there? I'm getting sick. Surprisingly I haven't been sick for quite a while (GO ME!)... but of course, in prelude to a long weekend, I start to come down with something miserable! (Will life just give me a BREAK?!)
I saw it today, and it wasn't from inside my classroom. I actually walked in the daylight! I loath these dark mornings and evenings in the dead of winter. Ahh... how nice it was to see a blue sky.
