January seems like a rather serene month.  There’s lots of white out the window and the colors of Christmas have faded away.  Sometimes I imagine what it would be like to get married right now, or even plan a fabulous dinner party.  Lots of candlelight and coziness seems appropriate yet, but I’m over the glam […]

The landscape is grey and white.  There’s billowing snow all around.  Perhaps you can see a few evergreens or some of last summer’s weeds still poking up through the snow, but beyond that, January is a pretty barren month here in Northern Michigan. But thankfully, there are still flowers growing in other parts of the […]

February 1st.  This time of year is grey, speckled with storms of white and cabin fever has officially set in.  I want to go outside and play.  The wonder of the holidays is long gone and the newness of January has faded away.  The only glimmer of celebration yet to behold is the fact that […]