{day five}

I think I already both loathe and love this project. I love that it forces me to not only take pictures every day, but to see the little mundane things in my life in a new way. Things that I often times barely glance at become something of beauty. I learn to appreciate the beautiful and meaningful things we've accumulated through our years as something more than just simple objects.

It can be stressful though, this little project of mine. Trying to always come up with a new idea, the pressure to not take a picture of, you know, toast, just because it's there. I know I'm only five days in, but I'm pretty tickled by the small outcome thus far. I'm not 100% convinced I can keep this up for another 360 days, but I will do my best. Maybe I should make one of my New Year's Resolutions a promise to myself to stick to projects?

So this picture makes me a little happy. It's silly, it has no bearing on my day to day life. It is, indeed, just a snapshot. Yet it is special to me for a few reasons, one being that as sad as I always am to take down all of my Christmas decorations, it's always kind of exciting to pull out old things and make them new in my house again.

The candle stick (I'm thinking that's not the right word, but it's all I can come up with right now so we'll go with it) and the teapot were my Grandmothers and have always had both a special place on my mantle and in my heart. I know it's corny, but it's true.

The glass bottle was one my love and I picked up on some shopping expedition or other. I love the color and the almost sea glass quality of it. That it kind of shimmers when the light hits it just right. That it says Cabernet on it, because as my daughter can tell you, wine is my favorite color.

The books are old but new to us. My husband and I found them recently at a neat antique mall we found a few days ago, on the first date we'd been on in six months (thanks Mom and Dad!) Kipling has been my husband's favorite author for years now, so you can imagine his delight upon stumbling upon this first edition copy for a super sweet steal. It's a neat little gem, and every time I look at it I remember that day, just me and my man. My man who has loved me for nigh on 13 years now, who has supported me in all of my endeavors. It reminds me that nothing is sweeter than this life we've built, these little treasures we've picked up along the way.

In the bottom right picture you can see a little hook. I almost cropped it out since it's a bit visually distracting. It's my stocking hook that we left up for next Christmas, a permanent reminder that the joy I felt this Christmas will come again, and in the meantime I have 11 months of awesome to soak up.

 Life is good.