As I close the door on February – a blessedly short month that was not short on joy.
There was an abundance of joy over the past month.
Joy in the lengthening days – over the month we have gained 64 more minutes of daylight!
Joy in the stunning lack of winter – out of the 28 days, we were above the historical average 21 days during the month. (Although, this joy is tempered by the obvious nod to Global Warming)
Joy in the books read and listened to during the month: I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak (I gave this book 5 Stars), I am No One by Patrick Flanery (3 Stars), and Into the Woods by Tana French (4 Stars) – only 3 books this month, but they were most enjoyable!
Joy in my continued stitching – this has been truly the thing that has been bringing the most joy! Through these moments of stitches, I have opened the door to my creativity. It is an incredible feeling – this unleashed creativity. Today I will fill in the final stitches for this month and this morning offered a beautiful sunrise that will be reflected in my stitches.
Joy in letters, written and received. It was my inaugural participation in MoL, and while my involvement was not perfect it was incredibly joy-filled!
There was joy in flowers and laughter and yes, even weight loss plateaus.
I hope that February was joy-filled for you as well!
Happy Tuesday everyone!
Wow! Your joyful outlook has given me a wonderful start to my day. I love your stitching and stitching calendar, and am looking forward to seeing what you do in March!
What a joy to read this prompt! And I am buoyed by your joy! Love your stitching photos, congrats and thanks for sharing.
Do know that your posts and you do indeed bring joy in many or our lives. Here’s to March and another month of Joy!
Cheers~
PS. Watch the mail…more joy on the way!
So wonderful to hear of so much joy in a short month! I’d say the added daylight has been most welcome to me. What brings me down the most during the winter months is not the cold or the snow but the darkness. To walk to work each day with the sun on my face is such a joy.
It feels so good to find the joy, thanks for sharing it with all of us.
We saw blessed little of that extra daylight as it was (once again) gray for most of the month. However, I love February’s can do attitude and its into to spring!
Simply delightful, Kat – what a wonderful read dark early on a Wednesday! The letters and stitching added much joy to my February, too – thank you for sharing them! here’s to longer days and more of them 🙂
look at all of that stitching you accomplished! Gorgeous! I love how February brings lots of daylight and lengthening days. I love winter but I’m excited for springtime.
What a beautiful post, Kat! Such a joy to read 🙂
So much joy here! And I love, love, love seeing your stitching every day. That brings me joy!
I love following your stitching progress! It’s just lovely!