“You put your right foot in, you take your right foot out”… The song came to mind this morning as I sat in the dark and quiet with my coffee. At about a month since I actually moved myself into my new place, as opposed to just moving my stuff into my new place, I think I’ve got it settled. Maybe. But all this arranging and rearranging in here started because of how dark it was out in the Florida room. And the fact that I realized that the windows would take tension rods so I wasn’t going to have to actually install anything. That’s what got me started. I made a cat quilt wall hanging for my mother years ago, and it found a home hanging over the ugly, metal trimmed window out there, It looked cute, I thought. But the unintended consequence was that it made the kitchen work space darker. So take it down or figure out how to ‘dress’ that kitchen window? 
I wasn’t sure I’d stick with this peg board until I came across two of my all time favorite pictures, one of Charley with a 4 pound lobster he ordered in Provincetown years ago, and the one of me making a very rude, and might I add out-of-character, gesture. I believe they both were taken on the same trip home years ago. I didn’t realize that I had copies of those pictures, and the bird photo holder that’s never held a photo must have been waiting for this moment. We look so young. So it’s still a little dark in that kitchen corner, but for now I’ll just turn the light on and enjoy the memory. Charley in the kitchen is so appropriate, he was a great cook. The puzzle pieces are still falling into place. It may not be time to do the Hokey Pokey and turn myself around quite yet, but it’s getting there…
A Snowbird's Life Through the Lens 