i have a husband who just looked at me tonight, at the end of his annual tax filing season, and told me that he doesn’t think he has left the house for a month. not since our return from california. i have so much to show him. i have my playmate back.
blossoming shrub (plum?)
saint paul, minnesota
German has this great word for emerging: auftauchen. It’s literal meaning is the opposite of diving in, and I always imagine someone popping out of the water pointed feet first, arms extended toward the water, and landing like the Jantzen girl at the pool’s edge. Glad your playmate is aufgetaucht.