February 14th, 2010 by Anne
I couldn’t let this week go by without giving Valentine his due. I must admit that the little I know of where Valentine’s Day originated, comes from vague memories and a few choice “facts” that were mentioned in the movie “Valentine’s Day” (on a side note: Valentine’s Day is a fun movie to watch – I enjoyed it alot.). But still, you can’t escape this day or the celebrations, as every shop will overwhelm you with their choice of chocolates, fluffy toys and flowers.
Back in my teen years I was always painfully unhappy on Valentine’s Day, as no one ever sent me flowers or chocolates (except my mom; but how can that soothe an awkward teens heartache?). These days I hardly think about it. Maybe because I’m happily married and thus I have many more “Valentine’s Days” spread out throughout the year. Maybe because I realised that chocolates make me fat and flowers die, and my collection of stuffed animals is definitely getting out of hand. And maybe because love can’t be measured by what a person does on a single day of the year, and whether I receive tons of things or none at all is no measure of how much I’m loved and how important I am to the people in my life. Seriously, if I were to measure how much I’m loved based on this particular day, I’d probably be depressed 364 days of the year, and 365 days in a leap year. One day should not define our worth or our acceptance by other people. Even if it’s nice to get a sign of that love every now and then.
I’m all for sending cards to our loved ones and telling them what they mean to us, but lets not restrict it to one day a year. Show the love every day! And in that spirit my project photo for this week is stripped of colour in everything else, but what counts: LOVE. Go on, enjoy it, celebrate it, share it!
February 12th, 2010 by Anne
I am putting my foot down, or at least my husband’s (very manly!) scent. It symbolizes so much, but I have no idea what. All I know is that I like the smell and the shape is funny. Especially if you were to call it perfume. Now who ever thought of selling perfume in a hand. Ah, well, there’s no accounting for taste. Or shape.
Today I am aggravated by the simple fact that lately I’ve hardly found time to write some decent blog posts. And it depresses me. A little bit. A teeny tiny bit. I wish I had more time to do all the fun things in life and let work slip unnoticed to the floor. Or out the window. I think I’d like that. Windows are wonderful. Especially when they let the cool air in on hot days. Today is one of those insanely hot days where it takes an effort just to lift a finger. Never mind a whole hand.
Randomness. I figure most of us have those times during the day where our thoughts wander aimlessly from subject to subject, never settling for longer than a few iotas of time before they flit off to the next one. Today I had an argument about something with my husband. it wasn’t a big argument, not even an important one…to be honest i can’t even remember what it was about, except that I lost. Which is a good thing. Don’t ask me why. It just is. See, there we are again, losing. This is another subject that my mind settles on for a second before moving off to the thought of dinner and popcorn and a movie. I think work has pretty much lost my concentration for the day. How great that the weekend is here. Now I can let those random thoughts roam randomly, while I sit and ponder what to cook for dinner and how best to do this week’s 52-week photo. Theme? Valentine’s. It’s inescapable. Giving in is the easy thing to do. And requires less thought. Man, I love weekends. And holidays. And maybe Valentine’s Day. If I ever find its true meaning beyond the commercial junk it’s dragging around with it. Hearts and kisses. Here’s one for you weekend: A heart and a kiss.
February 7th, 2010 by Anne
For this week’s photo I wanted to create a mosaic. I like the idea of cutting up a self-portrait into many pieces and rearranging the pieces into a colourful mosaic. There’s no real deeper meaning in this week’s topic, it was just for fun. And I did enjoy doing it.
So, this week no long explanation, just a cut-up fun picture. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Thanks for reading and I look forward to sharing some more photos with you in the next week. Cheerio!
