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| the view out my window.... |
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| of snow and ice and kids on sleds.... |
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| it is freezing outside, like really frigid! so, i am enjoying the great indoors today..... |
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| is it cold where you are?? "Blue Monday" survey says, today is the most depressing day of the year.... i say, let's prove them wrong peeps! do something fun today! and stay warm. erin |
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| "trees are poetry the earth writes into the sky" ~kahil gibran |
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| i love trees. that is a picture of me hugging a tree... down there on the end of my side bar.... |
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| so it was after great thought and consideration, that mr. dan and i decided to have 5 large trees removed from our front yard yesterday. |
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| this big old one was starting to lean precariously towards the street. |
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| and the hack berries, elm and ash were particularly messy... with their leaves, seed pods, twigs and sap... which were ruining my roof and constantly clogging the gutters. and causing mr. dan and i to curse them every time the wind blew and scattered their debris.... which made more work for us. lots of work. |
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| after 12 years living in this house and watching these trees grower taller and taller and filling in the sky and becoming more of a nuisance.... |
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| we made the hard hard decision to let them go.... and it was hard. did i mention it was hard? |
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| although, mr. dan quite enjoyed the 8 hours of noisy chainsawing and grinding. he is such a guy. a cute guy, i must admit. |
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| later, he prepared our fire pit for our annual new years eve campfire. as you can see, we still have lots and lots of trees out back! |
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| my rather disturbing view out the kitchen window. i was surprisingly emotional about this whole ordeal.... and yet at the same time excited about the change and extra sunshine. |
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| and just like that.... |
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| GONE. |
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| so, i am looking forward to a new year and new air and new sky and new sun and new flowers! and all the potential a new slate and new canvas has to offer. |
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| i believe in looking forward... always forward and 2014 is looking really good. happy new year! erin |
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| from my "letters from grandpa" series of encaustic pieces. part of a sweet letter from my grandpa, "I suppose excitement is running high at your house. Christmas with two bright energetic children. What fun. Lots of work for mom and dad- that makes family life interesting and adds deep meaning to living." |
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from my home to yours, MERRY CHRISTMAS! LOVE, ERIN |
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| (so excited to find these old topography maps from tennessee!) |
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| fa la la la la la la la la. |
