Tuesday 2-24-2026

Stephanie Izzo Photography-via Zen to Zany

I love this philosophy of life. We are all caterpillars, trying to make our way, figure out who we are, crawling, then putting one foot in front of the other doing the best we can with what we have at the time, hoping for the best. If we’re lucky, we emerge knowing who we truly are, what is important, what we want to shed, and what we want to keep as we prepare to fly.

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An exciting thing happened today. I received my very first piece of mail in my mailbox since I moved here the 1st of April! They have recently redone the whole mailbox thing in our building, making boxes that spring open when you touch them. I’ve checked mine every day, just because there is that small bit of anticipation that something MIGHT be there. Today there was a card from a dear friend from the states. It was mailed on Feb. 9th and didn’t get here until this morning, Feb 24th, but it got here!

He had painted this to honor the Chinese New Year, “The Year of the Horse.” It is up on my wall beside my computer now so that I can enjoy it daily.

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Brian and I visited my husband, Harvey, at the nursing home this morning. He was happy to see us, and greeted me with “Hi, Babe,” – music to my ears. Things deteriorated from there, I’m afraid, but we take and treasure what we can get. His new nurse is a young, very pretty lady whose name is Pim (pronounced “Peem.”) I hope she will stay. She is treating Harvey very well. He was comfortable today and not coughing at all, so that was a plus, as well.

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My painting is still hanging on the wall today after the guys came and figured out a different, hopefully more secure way to hang it. The place I want the painting to hang is brick-covered-by-concrete and is a major wall of the building, so hanging things there is more complex than the usual drive-a-nail-into-the-wall, or drill-a-hole-and-put-in-a-screw, or put an el-cheapo stickup thing on the wall, so I’m hopeful I won’t hear any more crashes in the middle of the night. This painting is the embodiment of what Thailand looks like on a typical small ‘soi’ or avenue off a main street. I love the black and white of the infrastructure and the vivid colors of the tuk-tuk and the colorful shops, flowers and people at the bottom, giving life to the painting. The place it’s hanging is like it was made for it. 😁

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I’m hoping to be able to spend time in my art alcove today. My paints are calling to me – “Linnnnnnnnn-daaaaaaaaah.” Can you hear them?

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I hope that you are enjoying your day or evening. (Trying to figure out the time and difference between where I am and where you are is hopelessly confusing to me. Daylight Savings Time coming up will only confuse this poor lady more… )

Find a reason to smile.