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December 28, 2008
Yourself in my arms tonight (in a Rufus Wainwright kind of mood this evening)
I didn't expect it to, but the snow affected me deeply. Reading through my Portland friends' blogs I cannot help but feel envious. Envious towards their positive view on snow. The baking. The gift making. The snuggling with their hubbies. The enjoying the winter wonderland.
So badly do I want to share these emotions. But pessimism made a late-year visit and DRAINED me. The rains have returned, slowly melting the last traces of a very unusual Winter. I am so glad. Have not had the energy to get my camera out and take advantage of this once in a lifetime occurrence (not to mention I've been working non stop for the past week and will continue to do so throughout the next week). I'm surprised I'm even blogging.
My dear friend Alyson asked me to watch over her two kitties while she is out of the country with her man. I've had this downtown apartment all to myself.. well, me and the kitties (which are very well behaved, mind you). It's been great, do not even miss my house. I am so ready to live on my own.
Above is a picture I love dearly. Nothing grand, it's just a Holga print of an abandoned lighthouse in Savannah I took back in 2004. One of my goals for 2009 is to re-introduce film back into my commercial work (heck, fine art, too). I miss it so, it was the canvas to some of my best work. Perhaps tomorrow I shall visit the Central Library to flip through books of the old photo masters. My Robert Capa... love him to death.
Also, I've been enamoured with downtown living, something I always dreamt of.
Nah, I love my Mt Tabor and Hawthorne too much :)
Posted by starmagn at December 28, 2008 02:18 AM
Comments
i can really understand where you're coming from. if i had wanted to go anywhere during the snow, i would have been totally frustrated. since i just got done with an intense term at school, i needed to be forced to slow down. guess the snow helped with that. i am happy to see that it's melted though! hope you're feeling better now that you can drive :)
Posted by: debbie at December 28, 2008 03:05 PM
La nieve .... ay la nieve. Se como te sientes. La primera vez que vi nieve me emocione, pero cuando vi que caia y caia y caia y la gente se ponia bien estupida guiando y eso se me bajo el "mojo." Y el prospecto de mudarme a Canada, con todo y lo mucho que adoro al chico me asusta. No se como voy a sobrevivir sin ver verde por mucho tiempo, y lejos del mar (aunque en donde vivo estoy bastante lejos). El frio, la nieve, los dias grises, etc, etc me ponen nerviosa. Pero al menos te queda el consuelo de que la nieve es temporera y pronto volveras al invierno normal de Portland. Estoy loca por ver tu fotografia comercial, sounds interesting!!! Saludos desde PR, me voy la semana que viene y ando con los animos hechos lena.
Posted by: Stitch at December 29, 2008 01:41 PM