how my picture window and i are quickly falling in love

with all the whirling of settling in a new place,

starting new jobs, learning to play the violin,

beginning piano lessons again, and taking on

the spanish language

i am quickly finding out how much my little picture window

has to offer me...so much beauty...and so much peace.

when i feel my brain start to overflow with

to-do lists, i wander into our living room

and sit myself down on the sofa

(usually with some hot spiced milk)

and i watch the sky change...just as celia jane

used to do out her picture window.

i love it most when there are snowflakes falling

steadily and quietly...hushing my thoughts

and slowing my heart.

i love it too when blue skies reign

and the sun makes rain of the snow on

my roof.

here, i sit and watch the beauties of january,

the snowy and the sunny...the bitter cold,

and the cozy warm.

i think i'll go there now...