International Sport Federations of the Winter

 And here we are for another round of Photos of Years Past!  February 2022 was an exciting month, what with a big snowstorm and the Olympics, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

We did indeed start off the month with a seven inch snow storm, resulting in lots of pretty landscapes, a couple snow days off of work, and super bundling up to venture outside.

The Beijing Winter Olympiad started that same weekend so Ethan and I had a little opening ceremony viewing party.  Curling was on afterwards and we couldn't help but notice how much he looked like one of the Swedish athletes, especially while wearing his own bright yellow Sweden jacket!

For Valentine's I brought flowers and wine and Ethan surprised me with a virtual tour of the Kandinsky exhibit going on at the Guggenheim!

The rest of the month was spent watching all the Olympic figure skating events, many of which I spent on the phone with my old college roommate, Kaitlin, who lives in Austin but loves commentating on all things skating.  Between going to Ethan's two-three times a week, and my parent's for dinner, I also spent a lot of time driving around, resulting in some lovely skyline shots.  And that wraps it up, until next month!

(photos by e.hunt)

A Late Valentine's Greeting

 This post was meant for last week, but better now than never!  You know what they say: "heroes get remembered, but [love] never dies.  Follow your heart, kid, and you'll never go wrong."

Or something like that.  Ethan and I had a relatively low-key Valentine's celebration.  Nothing fancy, but a few little things to make it just a tad different than a usual Tuesday.  He got me flowers (notice the plate it's sitting on!) and a gift card wrapped in the tag that he finally pulled off the couch.  He's had this furniture for much longer than the 3.5 years that I've known him, during which I've subtly (and not so subtly) tried to get him to remove it, and last week was that day!  Might seem odd, but a very thoughtful and fun gift indeed.

I happened to be off work so my gift was a plant to replace the one I got him for our first Valentine's, and making the day as easy as possible when he got home from work.  Cleaning, Ollie care, trash detail, dinner in progress, putting up some twinkle lights and little cut out hearts to make it all a little festive... everything taken care of.  And we had weird-cool rainbow skies as a backdrop from a brief storm that passed through that afternoon, so all was good.  Hope you all had a nice Valentine's Day as well!

(photos by e.hunt)

Acquisitions of Light and Space

 I have steadily increased my indoor plant collection over the years all the way up to fifteen at the moment!  All those plants require a pretty pot and plate to rest on and collect water drip-through, which is why I was especially excited when I found this art nouveau plate on our antique store adventure last weekend. 

I love the simple design, the different shades of green, and the little pop of bright orange that will peek out when a plant sits on it.  I also found another exciting ceramic addition to add to my lusterware series!

In a large display of lusterware tea cups, saucers, and pots, I spotted the largest of the three in the middle of the photo.  Most lusterware involves an orange color I don't particularly like so when I find these simple blue, white, and black pieces, it is a good day.  And now I have a lovely, unique little trilogy!

And a cute little Ollie baby!

 

(photos by e.hunt)

Getting Our Steps In

 Good evening to all, here I am getting my weekly post in last minute!  I hope you all had a good week.  I happened to have an extra day off work, which was quite lovely.  I used it to clean, run errands, and take care of the little dinosaur, of course.  We did check out a new antique store yesterday; Ethan found a book and I found a couple pieces of dishware. 

It was actually quite a splendid weekend weather-wise as well.  We took Ollie on two long walks today and spent some time outside on our front veranda letting her whip around, munch on, and reorganize her stick collection.

(photos by e.hunt)

Feb - Roo - Air - Eee

 Happy first day of the second month of the year of our time two thousand twenty three.

I hope you spent it well.  I myself had a bit of a domestic day: woke up early, walked little Ollie, did our weekly house cleaning cycle, went to Target for toiletries and Schnucks for sustenance, walked Ollie again, and made an early dinner.  

Cleaning nowadays has an extra layer of fun thanks to the little dinosaur.  She is a very curious little puppy, wanting to sniff every product bottle, paper towel, wipe, or tool that I am wielding.  The vacuum though, is of particular interest.  She stands in front of it, backing up and then moving in as I go forward and back over the rug, but it's when I convert it to the long pole arm attachment version for the hardwoods that she gets really animated.  Barking, pouncing, standing off against it, running away to hide then coming back to challenge it once again.  It's like a whole battle strategy!

(photo by e.hunt)