Oddly...

First, a shoutout to Cousin Jackie: Thank you, for the Jeanne Robinson DVD and for your email that solved the mystery of the comic addition to my DVD library!

A little hilarity, some song and dance vehicles, and gripping stories went a long way to interrupt the car-less quiet of wintery days--often the grey variety--and the healing wall I sometimes run into.

All this quiet led to a "make-over" of the loft. But, I'll back up because it really started with the arrival of five little "air plants"...

Five "Tillandsia". 

Thank you, Jeanenne! 

Instructions said to soak them for four hours as soon as I opened them. So glad I got them from the mailbox before the freezing temps did them in. Later, I read online that I soak the tops, not the bottoms but the plants forgave me since I'd rescued them from the freezing mailbox.

As I read more online about the air plants I could find no other suitable window for their survival but the loft window up on the third floor.

I figured out the screen makes the circles.

Oddly, arranging them in the window suddenly impacted how I perceived the loft that Marge so generously gave over to my enterprises. The little plants in the window changed that perception. Suddenly, a rearranged loft was paramount as I felt how important the window light was.

It was an ugly start...

But, I kept at it a small bit at a time until it began to come together...

The desk components are all manageable pieces I'd put together.

Pano distortions, but you get the idea...

It felt good orienting toward the light, added to the makeover of my bedroom while Jeanenne was here.

There even was space for the largest rutabaga I've ever seen which I bought in the fall and couldn't bear to cook. It obliged by growing...

Most days I get a walk in. It helps motivation when the wind isn't blasting and the ice is melting...