We've been married three months now, and I love falling asleep to the soft glow of colored Christmas lights and the rising and falling of breath beside me. The skies are blue, blue, but the heat doesn't stick to your skin like it does in Florida.
I bought a journal with colored owls printed all over it, all in antique colors-brown, red, yellow. I love owls. And birds, & robots.
Now that she very much has an empty nest, my mother has thrown her heart and soul into gardening, and the backyard has become a sort of marshfront paradise. There are butterflies, shrimp plants, and several small fountains. I think I fell asleep easier to the sound of crickets.