Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Magic!

This morning as I was getting into my car to head out to work, I noticed that my car was covered in crystals. And the sun was shining on those crystals giving loveliness at every turn.
AND
Yesterday, I was steaming wallpaper off the walls at the Nichol house. I came through two layers of wallpaper and discovered this wonderful embossed paper from the ages. It looks victorian but I don't think the house is that old. So maybe in the 40's or 50's someone wanted a victorian look and went with this embossed pattern. The thing is as I was peeling away the layers and this appeared, I felt like an explorer discovering ancient cave drawings.

1 comment:

Evening Light Writer said...

One of my favorite poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge begins with these lines and they are the only lines that I remember:

The Frost performs its secret ministry,
Unhelped by any wind.
The owlet's cry
Came loud--and hark, again !
loud as before.

I always think about that when I'm scraping my car in the frosty, chilled mornings. Tim claims he took a picture of just when the dew became frost one night while walking the dog.

What a find! That's the way I see my life, covered in layers of wall paper but underneathe the loveliest pattern.