JANUARY 2018 - JUST THIS MOMENT

"Just This Moment" is intended to be a collection of those small moments in which you are truly present in your life - at just that moment. The images may not be frame-worthy, but are moments that fill you with joy, allow you to experience a moment of gratitude, make you smile, touch your heart, and/or make your soul sing.

I will get us started with a few moments of joy from my everyday.

First, I recently bought a new "temporary" lamp for my desk. I have to have a lamp on my desk. Even when I worked in the "cubicle world", I never carted in a lot of personal items, but I always toted in my own task lamp for my desk. Lately, I have been going through lamps like I go through ink pens. I went shopping for a new lamp and kept referring to this as "temporary" until I can find what I am really looking for... or maybe I don't want to become too attached since lamps are short-lived in my world lately. To be honest, this white, vintage looking lamp from IKEA isn't going to be replaced anytime soon. I'm kind of diggin' it as my task lighting. Oh, and my little lady with succulent "hair" makes me smile every morning. She is a Target find and intended to be a pencil holder, I think. Pencil holder... succulent holder... you know I sometimes color outside the lines. I realize it is a little kitschy, but it reminded me of those Lady Head Vases (circa the 1950's and 1960's) that my grandmother collected. How could I resist that little bit of nostalgia?

And, then there is my morning cuppa, reading materials (just a hint of a book in the corner), the very gift of reading itself... (insert a long sigh here)