Hello, happy Friday! And Happy Valentine’s weekend to you too!
Handsome and I slept downstairs last night just for fun and both woke up around 4:30 this morning to some strange noises in the house. I’ll spare you the details in case you are easily frightened, but suffice it to say that we firmly believe this house to be haunted and this morning’s noises weren’t NOT footsteps. In our bedroom. Where neither of us were.
Anyway.
We couldn’t go back to sleep so we watched some reruns of Love Boat and snuggled. Then as we were stretching awake to tiptoe outside for Hot Tub Summit I realized I’d forgotten to fill my precious coffee machine with water last night. So the grounds were there, hot and fragrant, but dry. So no coffee yet. Womp womp.
Then the sky outside was so beautiful but also kind of thick and murky, like a werewolf sky, with the moon barely pressing through the darkness. Just an hour later, though, and it is hot pink and brilliant purple. Big, layered poofs of clouds and sunburst, another thrilling Oklahoma sunrise.
Anyway.
Happy Friday the 13th! Let’s hope the rest of the day’s weirdness is purely fun, like this. And let’s hope all of it morphs into beauty like the sky did, too. I have a 15 mile run scheduled then plenty of time to get ready for weekend #1 of our Valentine festivity. This year we agreed to split the holiday between two weekends: I arrange our meals and celebration this first go round and he does the same next weekend. I love this plan! It should keep up from overlapping or interfering with little surprise details, you know?
Fingers crossed that the ghost or whatever is upstairs gives us some privacy.
For Friday 5 this week, how about just a handful of photos of how I’m prepping for the weekend? Okay.
As I wrap this up and drink my last cup of Friday the 13th coffee, I can smell fresh sweet strawberries waiting to be slurped and enjoyed with my husband. I see a frilly three-dimensional card waiting to be sent to my youngest daughter, loaded with words that I pray (and trust) will soak into her heart. And I am thinking of the overwhelming power of Love, in all its manifestations, that keeps up moving and striving and then resting together day after day, no matter what happens to us or around us.
Come What May.
Happy Friday the 13th, sweet friends, And happy Valentine’s Day too. Much love to you always.
Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong
XOXOXO
A werewolf sky! Love it. What a perfect Friday the 13th post. And the picture of you two is gorgeous.
Ahh thanks Brittany!! Much love to you and so much sky magic.
I was so glad Valentine’s was on a Saturday this year! Hope your weekend continued to be this fabulous 😉
Cheers,
Heather
It was wonderful top to bottom! Yes Saturdays are great for Valentine’s Day… We barely left the farm, how did you celebrate? A deep freeze kind of encouraged hibernation. xoxo