{January 4, 2011}

Today's picture was taken using the Lo-Mob app on my iPhone (my main computer is down for the moment--which means no processing images from my 5D--insert sad face) and is of the window seat in the addition the previous owners added to the house. Side Note...When we were looking at houses to buy we almost passed even viewing this one as the photos on the website were small and poorly lit making the rooms both difficult to see and uninviting. But something in my gut said to check it out. The first room we walked in to was the addition and the first thing I saw was the gorgeous window seat where I pictured myself reading, knitting, drinking coffee, and watching the inevitable snow fall outside. From there I continued to fall in love with the wide plank hardwood floors, the open living space, and (as we already know) the land. Oddly enough I haven't used the window seat that set my heart a flutter nearly as much as I had pictured myself doing so. However, when I do use it I always say to myself, "I should do this more often."

The giant fish pillow has its own backstory. Many years ago I was hired to do a wedding in Sweet Home, Oregon which is a very tiny, but very quaint, town. While trying to find a place for me to stay overnight, I ran across a bed and breakfast located on the banks of the Santiam River. Ryan and I decided to travel together and spend a weekend there while the kids stayed with my dad. Our room was tastefully decorated with a fishing theme and on our bed was a pillow exactly like the one now gracing our window seat. Seeing as how Ryan and I both love to fish, and Ryan having learned to fly fish for Steelhead, we thought the pillow was tres cool (Ryan more so than me). So when Christmas came around I searched high and low for a duplicate of the fish pillow and lucked out when I won one on eBay. Ryan was surprised, to say the least, and got quite the laugh out of it. The giant fish pillow has found its place on our futon, Ian's bed, and now the window seat prompting smiles from just about anyone that sees it.

On to the pic...{click to view full size}