Catching up

I've been meaning to post for ages now but between my schedule and Joseph needing the computer a ton, I just haven't gotten around to it. So, first off, here are some pictures I took when spring was just getting started. Most of them are gone now but they are pretty and were such a welcome sight after winter.

These pretty little flowers grew all over our yard.





These lovely tulips grew in front of our house and as soon as they were done, they mysteriously disappeared. They were replaced by, in my opinion, not terribly nice annuals. Oh well.



This orchid did not grow in our yard. Joseph brought it home from a drawing class.




In other news, Joseph cut my hair. When I was in DEO, my dear Laurel cut my hair regularly. After she moved back to Iowa, no one would cut my hair and I couldn't bring myself to pay for a hair cut. So I decided to grow my hair out, at least partly out of cheapness and laziness. I did love my long hair but it was getting out of hand and the ends were awful. It had been, after all, over three years since it had gotten so much as a trim. Here is a nice picture my friend Jacie took of Joseph and I pre-haircuts. This is in Burlingtion on our way home from Montreal.



Here is the chopped off hair. I measured a lock and it was 10 inches.



Here I am with my still long, but much shorter hair.



That's all the pictures for today but I hope to update soon with some pictures of my brand new baby garden. Actually it's not strictly mine, Amanda Ann is letting me help her plant a garden. I am extremely greatful. I really hope to get to eat things out of it but in all honesty, I am happy just to hang out barefoot in the dirt on a beautiful spring evening with a good friend.

One other thing, I am going to my first comic convention. Mocca is June 23 and 24 and Joseph and I are making the trek to NYC along with many of our CCS friends. I'm pretty excited as I've never been to New York before either and we will get to see lots of friends old and new.

Yesterday was our 23 month anniversary. To celebrate we developed a roll of film we've had floating around since our honeymoon. It's moved with us three times.

I love our digital camera but there's nothing quite like getting pictures back, having no idea what that little envelope might contain. It was fun. Here's a few of them.




Here's Josh about two years ago. He looks super young. We miss him.



Here's me and my Mom the day of my wedding. This picture makes me happy and sad. I love my Mommy and it was such a pretty day but I miss my Mom and I miss pretty days.



Our honeymoon cabin, taken from down by the lake.



This is Joseph on an island all his own.



Am I beckoning someone or making a rude hand gesture? You decide.



Awww, so in love and... such a huge arm.



Here's my honey on the back deck of the cabin. It's very weird to see him without all his hair which is currently pretty long. I'll have to take a picture soon.

So it's April here in Vermont and it won't stop snowing. Actually, it's rained some this morning but we're supposed to get 10 inches of snow by sometime tomorrow. It is still pretty I guess but I'm sooooo sick of winter. I need spring.

These pictures are actually from a few months ago but everything looks the same. This one is early on during a big snow.



Here is the same car after a few hours.



That is our bathroom window behind that pile of snow. We can see out of it a little more right now but maybe not by tomorrow.



A couple weeks ago it warmed up a little (mid 50s) and robins and red-winged blackbirds showed up. The poor things are still here, singing from the tops of snow covered trees. I know how they feel. I'm ready for spring too.