March Onward

March has been a rather hectic month.  I had the most projects due for my grad classes so far, I joined the gym, and I’ve been trying to write poetry and work on some short stories.  Truthfully, I’m not happy with any of the writing I’ve been doing, but at least I’ve been trying.  Unfortunately, this blog somehow fell behind my writing desk and I just found it again and dusted it off.  I’m going to try to start posting at least once or twice a week; I feel like that’s a good starting point for me as I try to get back into the groove of things.  We’ll see how it goes.

Anyway, March has been a beautiful month for New England.  It’s hard to believe there’s going to be some snow, tomorrow!  There was one day a week and a half ago that it reached 70 degrees and I was walking around outside in shorts and flip-flops, and today I was wearing my winter jacket.  What is going on???

On that 70 degree day, I brought my rabbit outside, along with my camera, and took a few pictures that I’m going to post here.  I know it’s not much after being gone from the blogging world for over a month, but it’s something.

First Flowers

 

Curious

 

Blue Lady

 

Broken Path

 

Old Garden

 

Spring Cleaning

The Clutter of Crows

A "murder" of crows

Despite the negativity that surrounds crows, these birds are extremely intelligent creatures.  They’re known for collecting random objects (especially shiny things) and storing them in a hidden place.  They never throw these things out, but return and play with them, or even use them as tools if they figure out a way to do so.

We do the same thing, when you think about it.  Many of us have in our homes what we call a “junk drawer”–a place where we store odds and ends.  Usually these are objects we think we’ll be able to use later, or even things we just can’t bring ourselves to throw out.  I have a box dedicated to craft or decoupaging items.  It has beads, old keys, magazine cut-outs, broken necklaces, movie ticket stubs…anything I could use later for a craft project.  Sometimes I open it just to remind myself of what’s in there.

I don’t believe that a blog has to have a main theme–it’s a place for creativity and idea exploration.  Whether or not all of these ideas have to be connected is up to the person writing.  I have an interest in multiple things, as does everyone, and I will write each post as an idea comes to me.  My aim is for this blog to be a kind of online junk drawer of thoughts, ideas, photographs, beliefs, and whatever else there is to write about.  And I suppose that in itself is a kind of theme.