Three beautiful things from the past week:
1. My friend Laura is a semi-finalist for teacher of the year in Connecticut. She is a no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners type of teacher (the kind who never would have put up with my B.S. in high school) and I’m glad to see that rigor is sometimes rewarded.
2. Our friend Brian and his wife are expecting an early spring baby. And they’ve bought a house.
3. The final weekend of summer was glorious. Rudi and I spent Saturday together outside eating brunch, gardening, and sitting at a cafe. On Sunday, while Rudi did his usual long ride, I hit the farmers’ market, hung out at the park, and went on a shorter ride that ended at Baked and Wired for a cupcake and cocoa. All in all, you couldn’t have imagined a nicer end to the season.
What beautiful things have cropped up in your life recently?
We had a perfect September day, sunny but not too warm. I was exhausted from work and taking care of the baby, but toward the end of the afternoon, I finally got a chance to go outside. I sat myself down in the last patch of sunlight and looked up at the trees, marveling at all the different shades of green and the way the leaves seemed to glow when the sun shone through them.
Comment by Karen 09.27.09 @ 3:25 pm