The first day of the year here in RI was unusually warm…perfect weather for a walk on the beach. Which is exactly what we did, along with what seemed like the rest of the state’s population…
There is a lot about the exposure of these photos that I am unhappy about…but I’m happy to have started off the year with some of my family and friends at the beach.
I have never been good at making or keeping New Year’s resolutions…but the past few years I have had a focus word. Two years ago my word was “gather”. It was a year in which I needed to gather my family, my friends, and any strength I could find. Last year was my year to “restore”. I feel like I accomplished very little last year but maybe that is exactly what I needed. My word for 2011 is “Embrace”. I hope to be mindful of embracing each moment of each day…to embrace new adventures and to embrace old traditions. I hope to “take or clasp in the arms…hug” family members and friends more often. I hope to “take in with the eye and the mind” via photography every day. I hope to “receive gladly” new ideas, new sensations, new friends. I hope to “seize” each day.
To start the year off we lost our internet access for a few days and I have to admit that I found it easy to embrace having more time to read and for getting to bed earlier…but I still plan to embrace my love for photography here at Picturing the Year. Happy New Year to all who stop by!
So much has happened in this month of December...I have not taken many pictures or felt like blogging...in fact I have felt like the world has continued on as my world turned in upon itself...This month I lived through caring for my sister in her last weeks...This month I became closer to her and her children than I ever could imagine...This month I have become closer to my own children and husband as they support me...This month I turned 59 three days before my sister's death and received a card with her last words to me...This month I watched "White Christmas" with my sister and sang our theme song, "Sisters", for the last time...This month our family and friends got together not for a Christmas party but for a memorial service...This month our families started new traditions for the holidays...This month I tried to do shopping, and wrapping, and cooking to keep myself busy and to keep the family together...This month I took joy in receiving this beautiful "gingerbread" house made by my grandson so painstakingly...
