So… for a brief moment the sun came out today. Just as it was departing for another hemisphere, Boy Wonder came bursting through the front door with a huge package for me.
It appears, my Epiphany gifts have arrived from the lovely Ms. Kathryn. As usual, her timing is impeccable. I had the presence of mind to race upstairs just as the sun was setting and snap a few shots with the remaining sunlight. This is remarkable, considering I was holding a latte bowl with piping hot mocha goodness that IZ had just made… I usually stop thinking altogether while drinking. Isn’t that why people drink?
Nothing is staged, of course, remember: dashing up stairs to beat the sunset.
What’s this? That’s right, a latte bowl. Which is going to look lovely and be well used in my play space (assuming I ever clean it…) Does my darling Kathryn know me or what?
And then, because we’ve been joking about it for ages she sent me this:
Sadly, I ran out of light before I could photograph the box itself… chock full of starlight peppermints and crushed up church bulletins. The juxtaposition of those made me laugh. Thank you dear one—gushy correspondence is swiftly on its way!
Sunlight, however fleeting, does something for the soul. As does a well-timed gift from a thoughtful friend.
Wonderful gifts!
I have the hiccups.
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BOO!!!
Cured? ~W
hey, i actually still celebrate the 12 days of christmas. i’m over it.
glad you like the stuff and the irony of the wrapping. oh, and that white stuff was leftover aisle train from some wedding. i’m either cheep or very crafty or both.
oh, and when you say you deserve coal for christmas, somebody other than santa is paying attention. 😉
cap, if you send me your address you just might get something, too. never know.
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Heh… I so should have sent the coal I found here for you. And my tree is up until Epiphany. In fact, we don’t decorate until right before Christmas! However, few people realize that the season they call Christmas is actually Advent. 😀 ~W
oh, and nothing is staged my ass. you can’t not stage photos, m’dear.
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What are you suggesting? That *I* can’t take a picture w/o staging it? Or that people in general can’t do so? :D Because, really, I just slapped those things in the window and snapped, the sun was setting fast! If I’d been staging it, it would have been composed much differently. 😀 ~W
comment #2: it’s because they are stupid.
comment #3: i’m suggesting that you care enough to slap things down where the color coordinate and stuff. the cup totally matches the background in that first picture. admit it. either that or i’m just that good at spotting things you’ll like.
ps i’m actually writing a post for my blg now, so feel free to contain your excitement.
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1. How Pastoral of you.
2. You do have me nailed on this stuff. As for the staging, the truth is far more mundane. The light was falling fast and the only space in the house that had any left was the window in my room. Which, has the ugliest screen on it to keep out the bugs in the summer. (I HATE screens). So, I slapped down a piece of fabric to hide the screen! :D Same with the coal photo, just different napkin that was sitting in the laundry just out of frame. But… shhhh…. don’t tell anyone. 😀
3. Wow… a post. I might just pass out here with glee. ~W
Hiccups are gone, thanks. Now I have 17 more gray hairs because of the cure.
It’s fun watching the two of you spar 🙂
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Oh, well… darling, let me introduce you to my friend, Ms. Clairol. 😀 ~W
I love that latte cup/bowl! If is it a bowl, do you use a spoon to drink from it?
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I guess technically, it’s a cup because it has a handle… but it’s so large that I think of it as a latte bowl. And I’ve never used a spoon with my bowls before… but, I could be doing it wrong. 😀 ~W