FRUIT BOWL

This fruit bowl which sits on the coffee table in my living room caught my eye tonight. The light was fading fast and I was talking on the phone when I noticed the way the deep cobalt blue separated from the fruit in the bowl. I also liked the depth and texture of the cut glass stars in the bowl. I reached for my point and shoot which is always ready. It is about all I can handle these days and grabbed this photo. Because of my knee injury I don't get very far from home. Because I am forced to spend so much time at home. What amazes me is how familiar objects and things look so different when you actually spend some time looking at them.

SUNSHINE

When I arrived home from work today there was a box of sunshine waiting on my door step. Every month my aunt and uncle send me an enormous box of oranges via a fruit company in Florida. My grandmother used to squeeze fresh juice for my mom and my uncle when they were kids. My Mom continued the discipline and squeezed juice for my brother and me each morning. And so it is that no matter what, every morning I squeeze fresh juice for myself (but at least I have an electric juicer!). I call it my morning elixir. For me it is like liquid gold. Without my morning dose of fresh squeezed juice I'm convinced I would be taking a lot more sick days!