So this morning, the first thing the hubs said to me – “Happy Valentine’s Day”. I feel blessed to have and to hold My Love who loves me every day, as if it were Valentines. And I’m thankful the I Love You’s are heard morning, noon and night each day throughout the year.

In honor of today being Valentines, I switched up my day and did something I haven’t done in years. I dug out my colored pencils and the rest is history.

What can I say?

The last few days have been busy.

• I finished up my photography assignment this week.
• Discovered the very next lens I want to add to my collection. It’s the 105 mm f2.8
• I picked up my colored pencils today for the first time in years

I was inspired by one of my fruit shots a few weeks ago.

I took some shots of a mixture of fruit on a cake plate for my Mundane to Masterpiece photography assignment.

But today, I had the urge to begin a sketch.

I felt the need for some me time. And since I’m all caught up on my school assignment and the reading, I thought it would be fun to do a little drawing this week. And since Monday is a  school holiday, why not jump into the pencils for a few days, right?

So there you have what I’ve been up to all afternoon. I really enjoyed my day.

But the thing I’m looking forward to the most is getting the hubs all to myself for the next three days.

Perhaps I’m a little on the giddy side because we are back to just the two of us under one roof as our nephew left this morning.

I haven’t mentioned much of our nephew (the hubs sisters son) staying with us while he looked for a job, but he’s been with us since October.

And as much as we love our nephew, it’s nice to have the nest back to just the two of us.

And with that, I’m off to begin the evening celebration which will more than likely involve the two of us staying home – Throwing another log on the fire – Catching up on a show or two (we missed Survivor last evening as I was out like a light before 9pm) – and enjoying each others company.

Blessings – Debbie