12/31: strung together

Quiet pleasures in the house, on the ridge, on the road: more close reading of Hawthorne, a walk with Chris amid rain, big skies and a bakery visit on the highway heading north.

2 comments:

elaine katherine laurin said...

started de- Christmasing, decorations slowly coming down, reclaiming my post holiday home and adding little splashes of non holiday colors and it is lookin good

RR said...

I know how that feels, Elaine! Every year when I was young we loved the Christmas decoration season, but there was also always a great fresh feeling--like a new big breath--when the decorations came down and the house started to return to its non-holiday self.