Looking up

Today was slightly less cold than usual. Or rather, the sky was so sunshiny blue that I couldn't help but feel a bit warmer inside.

When I left the office this afternoon I buttoned my coat up to my neck and got ready to put my hat on when stepping out the door. But, I didn't end up putting my hat on.

Walking along the sidewalk, with its still-frozen chunks of slush-snow, I looked up. I saw that the world was not only still lit with a lot of sunlight, (time change is a-coming), but the sky was still blue. Not blueish with a bunch of dark clouds; just sharp, clear, pure blue.

I held my hat in my hand as I walked along. And because I wasn't wearing my hat nor had my shoulders slumped due to icy negative-degree winds, I was able to look up and around me.

I saw a tall, gangly, college kid standing beside me at a crosswalk. He had a cheery black-and-white striped knitted hat with the little ear flaps that I suppose keep your ears warm. He also had the same backpack that my fiancé had in college. I wondered what he was doing here, but as he walked off with his striped hat and sneakers he seemed pretty content that he knew where he was going. 

1920's lady with cloche hat

My own ears were getting a bit frosty but I didn't want to put my hat on. My hat is sort of the 1920's cloche style (see dramatic image), though more of the soft, felted variety. At any rate, wearing it takes away from your peripheral vision and so makes "looking up and around" a difficulty.

I continued my walk and passed a U-Haul trailer advertising Prince Edward Island, Canada, with a picture of a smiley Anne of Green Gables - my hero for so long. That made me smile, too.

I was glad to be able to look around during my walk to the parking lot today. I was thankful for such a blue sky, and such sunny happiness.

Maybe, just maybe, Spring is coming.

In related news, have you caught the Be More Tea campaign?

Once again, Kermit the Frog is a model for us all in the midst of our daily, sometimes crazy lives.