I know it's not actually spring yet, but the air outside my house is infused with the smell of sakura,the daffodils are up, the sun is out, and I actually feel like cleaning and organizing my house. For me, this is a big deal. I've hit the two bedrooms but hard, and now that they're organized I am anticipating some actual aesthetically pleasing alterations (hold on to your hats*, folks!). To start with, I fixed up the top of this nasty old dresser in the big kid's room into a little vignette that is taunting me to describe it with insipid words like "clean" and "fresh":
I know what you're thinking: that shit looks so seasonal. You're goddamn right it does.
The tulips were the kid's choice at the nursery, and the weird little ceramic rabbit and the polished stone egg came from Goodwill:
This, however, did not:
This is one of four prints I ordered of artist Naoko Stoop's Red Knit Cap Girl series, one for each season of the year. I am going to get a custom mat and frame and change out the print as the year progresses. I love this one (for many reasons, one of which is that my girl likes chickens...more on that later), almost as much a I love the summer one. And the fall one. I really love the fall one.
You may have noticed that one of the items on the dresser is not like the others. And that is...? The globe! You are correct. Do you know what else is wrong with the picture? I'll make it easy for you:
Sorry the picture is blurry, but so is the passage of time. Clearly this globe also came from Goodwill, and appears to have been made at some point between October 27th, 1971 and May 17th, 1997 (more specifically sometime between 1991 and 1997, since it boasts not only a Russia but a Kazakhstan). Since the point of it is to show my 4 year-old that Earth is round and spins on a tilted axis and there are continents and poles all that big picture stuff I'm not too concerned, and anyway if Zaire was good enough for me, it's good enough for my kid, damn it.
Welcome to spring.
*I first published that as "hold on to your hate", which seems like a more realistic and necessary piece of instruction.