Optimism

Thinking big. This is a scooter I saw in the parking garage at the Whole Foods on California ST. I like the owner's sense of humor, and the fact that we all love our two-wheeled forms of locomotion, no matter that it's not a pretty face.

Vernalis

I'm home sick for the second day in a row, keeping good company with British drama on the TV and cats on the couch. And although the recent rains are telling me that we are still in the throes of winter, my mind can't help turning to thoughts of spring. Maybe it's just a hint of something on the breeze, or that feeling of renewal as you turn the corner and begin leaving a bad cold behind you. Whatever it is, it has me looking forward and thinking about all the things I want to do in the coming months, almost like belated new year's resolutions.

One thing I've neglected and desperately want to revive is my blogging. My posts have been spotty at best, and though I don't pretend that I'll ever be a daily blogger that will talk about things that are of immense interest to scores of followers, I at least want it to be a regular thing. Once a week would be enough. Two or three times a week would be awesome.

As if on cue, my husband walks in the door after a run, with a half-bloomed cherry blossom branch he's snapped off somewhere. An early spring. Renewal. I must be onto something.