LOVE, Love, love...

As I was doing a quick de-cluttering of the Postage Stamp house this morning, P walked in the door and eagerly said, "Come here!" He turned around and curved his arms slightly out to the side (it signals that its time for a piggy-back ride for me). When I was perched comfortably on his back, he walked straight outside to one of the trees in front of our house.

This is what I saw:

Spring is pretty much my all time favorite season. The fact that the buds decided to show up just in time for Valentines day has already made the day that much more sweet for me. The sun was just peeking over the mountains, the air was quiet and still, and  it.was.awesome! Since we live in the "shadows of the everlasting hills", the sun doesn't usually make its full appearance right now until about 8:30am (In the summer, the dawn happens as early as 5:40am). Being a country girl from the flat/rolling hills of the Columbia Basin, this is still a rather disconcerting feeling (Right now, dawn is at 6:30am. In the summer, it seems the sun is up the moment it starts getting light-dawn is as early as 4:45am. We're talking about a seriously big difference here!). Even though it interrupts my beloved sleep, I love sunlight. And warmth. But not super hot heat.

But back to the point before I digressed.

The fact that he would notice these fluffy little buds and surprise me with it reminded me how 

.:-Totally Smitten-:.
I am with my adventurous, bright, considerate, dashing, exultant,
fifties-fanatic, genuine, heavenly, ingenious, jack-of-all-trades, kindly,
left-handed, magnanimous, nifty, outdoors-y, perceptive,
quixotic, refreshing, smashing, tender, uxorious (but not in a bad way!), virile,
wholesome, (my personal) Xanadu, young, Zen-focused
partner for time and eternity.

I love me some sweet P!