warm rain and holidays

a tiny spider guest keeping me company at my desk

It's a holiday, of sorts, here today - it's Victoria Day. The day of the year that this little village turns from sleepy to summer. We become a sort of Cape Cod of the North. The village is a buzz suddenly, as all the summer folk return to open up their cottages and summer homes. The grocery store parking lot is overflowing ... and now with expensive shiny new cars (not the usual assortment of ginormous new pick up trucks, economy cars and old beater's- like our old wagon).

There's a ship coming in as I type this and it's so quiet that I can hear the men on deck talking as they maneuver the big boat into our little harbour.

It's not a holiday for me today, but that's totally OK, because in many ways I don't feel like what I do is work and I never really feel like I need a holiday. And to me a holiday is best spent walking the streets, exploring some big city, somewhere - maybe Paris or New York (my two favourites currently). A big urban fix is a holiday for me, getting all jacked up with big city stimulation - heaven and which, I must say, is way long overdue.

I love what I do for a living and it never really feels like work ... which is so fantastic ! I never think about holidays and this week I have a project (the mystery home decor-ish product design) that is nearing the end, and that I would dearly love to wrap up so that I can move onto something new. I do want to have some new things in my Etsy shop by end of June ... that's a firm goal of mine. At least 4 things. And there's always the endless list of house and garden things to be taken care of ... lots to do always.

Rain gently falling and peepers ... the sounds of this early Monday morning. I love rainy days. You know how sometimes someone will ask a question like if you were a colour, what colour would you be ? Well if I was a type of weather ... I'd most definitely be a rainy day. A warm, still, rainy day.

* and finally, the last call for interested swappers. Swap a package of 14 things with someone. Check here to see details of my first swap with Pherenike in New Zealand. It was great fun ! If you're interested please comment today or send me an email.So far Anya and Austen @ Stripey Pebble have signed up.

thank you Universe ... for peace and serenity and abating sadness.