the water is wide // lists

hearing...                              missing...                            listening to...          
shower water                         spring rains                           10,000 reasons
footsteps                                friends                                  home {the king's singers}
laughter                                  the ocean                             resurrection hymn
celtic music                             blogging regularly                 the water is wide
                                              warm fingers
thankful for...                                                                  things i need to do...
chocolate                              just the small things...        homework
hugs                                     yarn fuzz clinging to my          reply to letters
productive frustration              dress pants                         practice music
fuzzy yarn                            bare ground                           clean my desk
bookmarked websites         car sunroofs                           knit
first corinthians one nine       inky pens                              update my to-do list
planning ahead                     knitting books
spontaneous adventures       colored pencils                      things i would like to do...
                                           good books                           knit all day, every day
colors i love...                    weekends                              go for a drive
teal                                      late-night shopping                 go outside without being cold
burnt orange                        excursions                          be able to memorize music faster
seaglass green                     sandals                                  bake bread
                                           running on playgrounds
                                           tea to warm my hands
                                              as well as my insides

the foolishness of God is wiser than men;

and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

first corinthians one twenty-five

like a raindrop

i am caught in between winter and spring like a raindrop caught in the space between a cloud and the ground. like the rain, i am always moving; i am heading towards spring. on some days, though, the ground seems very far away.

i love winter - the snow, the holidays, the tea drinking weather, scarves, cold toes - all of it. i also love spring, the season of growing things in which i lay aside my bulky winter boots for sandals, the season when gentle breezes are cool but not biting.

it is this space in between the two that i do not enjoy. life has not yet begun to spring up from the warm earth, but the snow is melting, leaving behind bare, ugly, brown grass and mud. i want either winter's snow of spring's rain fall, but not this mix of the two.

if only the snow would melt completely.

if only a warm rain and some sunshine would encourage the little growing things.

if only the world around me could be full of color once again.

until then, i am caught between seasons, leaving one before i can arrive at the other, like a raindrop caught between a cloud and the ground.

i am sorry, and how are you?

my little sisters. from l to r: natalia ("tippy"), sadie ("woo-woo"), and chloe (funnykins).

i am sorry for neglecting you all recently. i have nothing to offer as an excuse besides the fact that life happens and moves on whether i blog or not. i know that when some bloggers come back from a break they write about how they are overflowing with photos and words and stories, but i am not. i have some ideas for posts, but i don't have hundreds of photos to share with you all, as much as i wish i did. rather, i just want to tell you that i hope to get back to blogging regularly, or at least a couple of times a week.

thank you for sticking with me and putting up with my inconsistency. i appreciate every one of you. i would also like to get to know you all a little better. what has been going on in your life recently? or maybe, if you are a newer follower, you could introduce yourself, tell me more about you. would you please?

i'll start.

i am emily. lately, i have been looking forward to spring (it comes a little late up here in maine) while doing my homework. i like to look out the window by my desk and think about green grass and golden dandelions. knitting makes me happy, as do brightly colored index cards.

how are you?

february // list form

loved:

reconnecting with far-away friends at winter retreats

index cards

spontaneous outings

buying yarn

popcorn with brown sugar and chocolate chips

possibilities

snow

family time

unexpected breaks in the midst of stressful days

sunshine

knitting books

libraries

inspired by:

sunrises on the snow

soft yarn

vintage fashions

paintings

whiteboards

managed to:

get some craft projects done

do well in art class

survive the downton abbey season finale

not completely freak out about english class

all while listening to:

come fly with me - michael buble
bless the broken road - selah
a girl worth fighting for  - mulan
amazing grace - hayley westenra
prayer - jeff berry band
may it be - celtic woman/lisa kelly
les mis in general

what have you done this month? am i the only one who thought february just whizzed by?

spectacles

i look through the stack of mail on the counter. i see a brown package with my name on it. i cut off the tape, open it up, and see this: 

my free pair of glasses from firmoo! i had been offered the chance to review a pair of their glasses. at first i said no because i do not need glasses, but they were kind enough to offer non-prescription glasses or a pair of sunglasses. i ordered a pair of lovely spectacles. they came in a nice hard case along with a repair kit:

and a cleaning cloth:

i love the detailing on them!

i really like these glasses! the frames suit my small face {often, glasses and sunglasses stick off the side of my head because they are too wide}. the red color stands out against my dark hair. the white details along the side are lovely. i have tried on other non-prescription glasses and they made my vision worse because of the way that the lenses were made, but i can still see perfectly with these glasses. i am so glad that i got to review these glasses! the customer service from firmoo was excellent and i received the package within a good amount of time, considering the fact that they came from around the world. i encourage you to check out their site. you can join in on the free pair program here! they have the option to upload a photo of yourself so that you can "try glasses on" before you decide on a pair. i had a fun time trying on the various styles available.

happy wednesday, lovelies!

frozen in time

{via}

tick, tock,
tick, tock.
silence.
she looked at the clock, the huge grandfather clock that had stood in the hallway for as long as she could remember. it had marked the constant motion of time, the changes that had come, her best and worst moments. time had moved on, but the clock had never stopped its steady ticking.
today, though, the clock had stopped. she watched as her father tried to get the pendulum to swing again. it started, but then slowly ceased to move. the clock was broken, frozen at this moment in time. it would always show the time that she had left her childhood home, perhaps forever. the old clock had stopped ticking as if to mourn her departure. as a girl, she had hidden in the back of the grandfather clock while playing hide-and-go-seek with her cousins. when summer flowers bloomed in the meadow, she had made daisy crowns to adorn its tall mahogany frame. its soothing rhythm had sung her to sleep every night of her childhood.
now, it was broken, and she was leaving. the old clock would never again be her hiding place; she would never again pick flowers in the meadow; it would never again sing her to sleep. she was leaving it behind, frozen in time.

a journal entry in english class about the prompt "a broken clock". 

lists // snowy days and music

february always seemed like a rather slow month to me, but this one has been the opposite. here are a few lists to show a little of what i have been doing recently...

listening
make it real - gaither vocal band
the 2005 pride and prejudice soundtrack
anything les mis, especially a little fall of rain, who am i, and empty chairs at empty tables
a picture of grace - gaither vocal band
when i say i do - matthew west
wedding day - casting crowns
prelude no. 1 in c major - bach

drawing
shadows
flowers
lines
faces

reading
the apothecary's daughter - julie klassen
the brontes - juliet barker
to kill a mockingbird - harper lee
les miserables - victor hugo
mary barton - elizabeth gaskell

enjoying
snowstorms
knitting socks
fleece blankets
pens
music
disney princess calenders
liberty's kids
funky socks
sleeping in
clean clothes
field trips
warm scarves
high heels
hearts
snow days