beauty is everywhere

it’s been a strange year for me. lots of turmoil, drama, health scares, and even death—but none of it has happened to me. it has happened to many (most?) of the people right around me though–my peeps. i’ve been in full-on caretaker mode since january. it’s not my natural default mode (lol). here’s what i have learned: caretaking in a crisis is meaningful work but very tiring, you can get by on adrenaline for longer than you think, but eventually you will fatigue to point of brain fog, and brain fog is not a good state for doing creative work.

in this morning’s brain fog, i went to my local drive-thru starbucks. beside the drive-thru line was a hydrangea shrub with perfectly dried flower heads, and i accepted the universe’s offer of one easy STILL blog subject. one thing that is easy to do is to snip a head of dried blossoms. another easy thing is to make a simple grid. and there you have it.

hydrangea florets in winter