The Banal Chew

Happy Valentine's Day

...especially to a certain someone.

Happy Birthday, Zane

 

...wherever you are.

Love,
Sandy & Roger

Cautiously Ecstatic

After a weekend of good news and constructive dialogs, I have decided to shelve my wallowing and let my spirit float.

Here is a sampling of what I've been using to keep the smile on my face.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overwhelmingly sad today

This, too, shall pass.  Until then, I may as well wallow for a while.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Man Who Came To Town

Mark is in town for a couple of weeks.  Thanks be to whomever!  These brief respites from the distance and physical separation make all the difference.  Let's just hope I can scrape the pennies together to get back there for December and January.  If not, it will be a loooong summer/winter (circle the appropriate a season for your hemisphere).  But enough of that.

Zane came along, but he spent the day with his mum.  Because of visa regulations, Mark cannot travel out of the US without him, so Zane will be home-schooled for a couple of weeks.  We have all his assignments and projects.  Boy has a lot to do!

Yesterday afternoon, we strolled to the Beresford in Surry Hills for a Sunday session.  We were joined by Alison, as well as our friends Kerry & Simon.  It's been a while since I've had a Sunday session, as this ol' body can attest to.  Fun, nevertheless!

Because We're Apart

 Lucky

(words & music by Colbie Callait, Tim Fagen, Jason Mraz)

Do you hear me talking to you
Across the water, across the deep blue ocean,
Under the open sky.
Oh my, baby I'm trying

Boy, I hear you in my dreams,
Feel your whisper across the sea,
Keep you with me in my heart.
You make it easier when life gets hard.

Lucky I'm in love with my best friend,
Lucky to have been where I have been,
Lucky to be coming home again.

They don't know how long it takes,
Waiting for a love like this.
Every time we say goodbye,
I wish we had one more kiss.
I'll wait for you.
I promise you, I will.

Lucky I'm in love with my best friend,
Lucky to have been where I have been,
Lucky to be coming home again.
Lucky we're in love every way,
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed,
Lucky to be coming home someday.

And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet.
You'll hear the music, feel the air.
I'll put a flower in your hair.

And though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty, you're all I see.
As the world keeps spinning round,
You hold me right here right now.

Lucky I'm in love with my best friend,
Lucky to have been where I have been,
Lucky to be coming home again.
Lucky we're in love every way,
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed,
Lucky to be coming home someday.

Jump here for the song and video.

(photo by Mila Zinkova, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license versions 3.0, 2.5, 2.0, and 1.0.)