Out of the darkness...

This year's January-February-March dreariness seemed especially dark to me. It could be that this is the first year in a while that I've had more free time in that particular season, so I actually had time to notice how much of a bummer that weather is.

Now that it's May, though, I've noticed in my photos that I saw darkness more than it existed in reality. When I got the photos onto the computer, I tended to want to edit things with a red tint, and I was drawn to images of red things. Maybe I was trying to create warmth where I didn't see it in everyday life?

Anyway, the top two photos are of Natalie and me, respectively, as seen through a giant ball of string (proof of my habit of getting into crafts in the dregs of winter). The last is of the cup I fill with water every night and place on my headboard in case I wake up and get thirsty. I assume other people keep up this childhood comfort, too. I don't know why, but that washingtonpost.com cup just seems to make night-time water taste better.