Here’s to Paper Hearts

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Tomorrow I’m releasing my origami hearts out into the wild, I guess. A little early but, I am ready to get rid of them.  I did do a trial run of them at the library and I have no idea how that faired. Probably a bit whimsy, which is the ultimate goal.

A life without whimsy is a dimsy life. I made up a word!

A part of me is anxious for some reason. It’s not at all weird a 40 something year old is making paper crafts and writing weird messages and doodles in them, no it’s not…shakes head, yes it is. It’s like my inner child is unleashed. But it’s not at all any different from my cards. The cards though I get to choose who gets them. This I cannot say, or if my boss will take them away and say you can’t leave these here.

Still wanting to hide
Paper Hearts are ready to go!

I also feel that maybe someone out there, and I mean a lot of people out there right now need some light in their life. This world is dragging everyone down. And if I can spread some light to just a small part of the community then I feel like I have a sense of purpose. Valentine’s Day can suck for those without anyone, and even though I’m comfortable being alone now, some others may not be. Then there are kids who don’t have loving parents, or friends, maybe a paper heart will cheer them up. Maybe a widow or widower who is alone finds a paper heart and it makes them smile. So I’m going to do it. I may feel uncomfortable but I’m so tired of being in my comfort zone, my bubble. I’ve let so many opportunities and people pass me by because of it.

Paper Hearts do your thang! Hahaha

Hungry Heart

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This one has to be my favorite of the Origami Surprise Hearts.

And if you know the song even better and you are probably in my age bracket, hahaha…

I have made two baskets full and I hope they don’t creep people out, but in a way I guess I do want them to have an experience…of joy! But it’s mostly probably going to be uncomfortableness. Because I did make other song lyric ones too.  I was just in the moment running out of ideas, but also conjuring up a February playlist and that song was playing in the background.

And 80’s music had some of the best, mushiest, cheesiest songs in any era of music! And I mean that in a good way! They made great love songs. Peter Gabriel’s In Your Eyes is just one of about a million love songs that were so good. That one isn’t cheesy as some of them. But name some cheesy love songs and it might end up on my February playlist.

My all time favorite is This Must be the Place (Naive Melody) by the Talking Heads it’s already on there.

It’s not all 80’s music, but just some of the best love songs I believe to be the best. Actually there are too many to even try to fit in a playlist. And it’s going to take me the entire month to get it all I think. 

  If you haven’t guessed I’m making a playlist for each month..then after the year is up listen back and hope memories of that year come back to me..because music tends to do that. I don’t necessarily know if themes will pop up but they probably will (like February all about love). And I have gone and butchered and changed at the very end so I don’t even know if it’s that great an idea. 

But once I’m done I’ll share it with you guys!

Here is January’s. I was going with just Inspiration, and Strong Women because that’s what I aspire to be,my intention anyway. It is kind of melancholy too but January was pretty melancholy.

January

February

And that is the start of February

Cooking up a Valentine’s Origami Surprise

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Of course I always do some code mushy Valentine’s stuff. Making the untypical Valentine, this year I am doing origami. The crane life is a life of whimsy and I love how whimscial Origami is. So of course, hearts!

I think I liked them better without the smiley face

Each one has a message inside. Nothing cliche Valentine messages, but I’m going to leave them at the service counter at work. This will be sort of my first attempt at publicly presenting my code mush (besides the big wide web!). I usually deliver personal messages or cards to people. Or leave my magazines in the break room (haven’t done those in years but I think they were too ridiculous and I was running out of ideas ). I will not at all be disappointed if it’s received with weird glances. I hope it makes everyone weird and uncomfortable! which is how I feel 95% of the time.

January …UGH

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These photos pretty much sums up the continuation of last year’s obsessions with birds and puddles. Ugh, you’re stuck with it. Until I can move past and find more inspiration, I suppose I will continue to find something inspiring in these rather sulky January moments. I like regarding nature after a tumultuous storm, or days of rain and then that cloudy quiet when you can go back outside and regard the damp, sullen leaves, puddles, and the stark trees reflected in the pools. And of course my little kid comes out of me and I must dance in the puddles! But yeah, you’ve already heard this, and if you’ve seen one puddle you’ve seen them all, so I just want to share some more with you.

The only cool thing is I finally caught a barred owl in the trees! So I was super happy and went trudging through the mud trying to get a glimpse of him. He was enjoying a delicious meal of mouse.

He’s hard to see, but you can definitely feel the January in these photos. I can’t promise there won’t be any more puddles and birds, so just bear with. Maybe the next photos there will be plenty of sunshine and buds emerging from this sullen, sodden winter.

Last Puddles of 2024

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I would like to say I didn’t choose puddles, the puddles chose me. And their reflections that you see, normally I wouldn’t really notice much walking by, but for some reason in the evening they reflect the trees and the sky in a forlorn way. Almost like they are looking at me, through me. Saying goodbye, but for now. We’ll be back. I don’t know, but the ones this evening really do reflect a gloomy presence.

Goodbye 2024. I hope that 2025 is going to be good for everyone.