How is August? How? How do I have a nearly fourth grader who wakes up every morning and sits cross-legged on the couch, shirtless, tan, his hair a bed-head tousle, and reads. How is my baby an almost kindergartener, his body suddenly that of a little boy's, lean-muscled and strong. How is it possible that I live here in this glorious city, in this snug little bungalow. How are these streets that I've begun to love dearly the place I now call home?
Yes, summer is a time of incredulity for me. Almost every year it catches me by surprise. The wonder of summer. Its extroversion. The way the days blur into evenings. The way we disregard bedtimes, and loll about on Saturday mornings kissing. The golden afternoons that find us one after the next like a dream. The air-conditioned days indoors spent working on projects with some of the smartest, coolest people I know. The blue skies. The muddy knees of my boys at the end of the day. The late nights on the back porch with wine as the walnut leaves rustle. All of it happens in such a full-saturation blur, that each day I wake wide-eyed and feel more in love with my life than the day before.
I know I've been quiet here. Summer seems to make this so. We're so busy being out in the sun-drenched world that there's less time for retrospection and recording. I'm enjoying every minute of it, and also looking forward to the simple routines and rhythms of fall.
Heads up: I'll be doing a summer songbird studio sale at the end of August--featuring the newest set of hand-painted + collaged postcards I'm working on--in response to your demand from the last sale! Do sign up for my newsletter if you haven't, to get first dibs when the sale goes live. I'll be doing this one a little differently than the last one, so stay tuned.
Finally: Some of you still seem to subscribe to my blog via my old My Topography url, which I made the terrible mistake of forgetting to renew. It's now been taken over by spammers and some of you have emailed me that you're getting unexpected content in your feed readers. Please update your RSS feed to christinarosalie.com!
Happy August friends!