Five Senses Friday

Taste

• Grilled baby artichokes
• Fresh asparagus and lemon pasta
• Crusty whole-wheat pizza with sweet potatoes and onions
  

See:

• A hawk landing in a tree
• Fields flooded by the Rio Grande
• Hot air balloons in the cold morning air
• A full moon outside our back door
• Pink buds against a blue sky
• Sunset reflecting on the mountains
  

Touch:

• The feel of water in the air (how I missed it!)
• Warmth of sun on my hair and scalp when we sit on the patio
• The first week of sleeping without a comforter
  

Smell:

• The scent of muddy water in the ditches
• The aroma of strawberries when first sliced into
• Lighter fluid, charcoal, and lemon juice
  

Hear:

• Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago
• Wind rushing against the trees at three in the morning
  
• doves cooing, doves cooing, doves cooing

I've also been thinking a lot about this book all week, and trying to formulate my thoughts into a post without seeming annoyingly earnest or trite. We'll see what happens.