Happy New Year!
There's something so fresh about the first day of the new year. I was thinking about new approaches and beginnings yesterday afternoon, while I was tidying up my bathroom. This painting, above, hangs in that room (and pretty much dominates it). It's funny because while there doesn't seem to be lots going on in the painting (it's a simple landscape after all, painted in a slightly out-of-focus technique) to me it's quite powerfully full of potential. I think it looks like a new slate, free of decisions, fresh, approachable.
Rather like the new year...we get to decide what kind of year we will have.
I hope yours is full of possibility and happiness, and that you are able to accomplish what you choose to!
I had a really good day scrubbing, polishing and fluffing up the house. MrBP was hunkered down in his office preparing for a really busy first week of January but we were able to sit down with a glass of wine by about five and settle for the evening.
I didn't have the heart to take down the Christmas tree although I did start rounding up many of the decorations. Middle Rascal is home until January 4th and she loves that Christmas tree... I'll wait until the 5th to take it down.
Today I'll do a bit of baking, nothing too fussy, maybe an apple strudel. I'll definitely bake some more of that no-knead bread, in our family we can easily get through a loaf a day. It's delicious with dinner of course but it also toasts up perfectly for breakfast and lunch.
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| Fresh bread in the kitchen... what could be better. |
Wishing you a very happy first day of this new year!
xoxDani
