texture tuesday

when is the last time you just stared out a window...

actually, not simply stared,

but gazed... with delight... like it was the first time

you ever saw what there was to see

out your window.

i'd say, if you even have a window to begin with... any window...

you are a lucky soul.

i used to work in a building where there were no windows.

i was there more than ten years.

i don't know how i did that for so long.

we take for granted things like having a window to look out of.

but a baby who has just learned to pull himself up by a sill

sees it rather differently.

it's an awesome and exciting treat.

{you can't see it here, because he has already paused

to ponder all that his eyes were taking in when this was taken.

but when he first got vertical,

after having conquered the journey of crawling over to the window,

he squealed in delight at his new perched view.}

we live on the second floor of an older home... at tree-top level.

imagine what it is like for a seven-month-old

to see a view like this for the very first time on his own.

sure, i had shown him outside and the snow through the window before.

but each time was when he was less aware,

and they were all before he could get to a window on his own.

yes... it's all new for him.

and to you and i, looking out the window might not be anything new.

but is that because we just aren't looking for something new?

is it because we don't have the simple joy and appreciation

of a child?

if it is, should we try to get that back?

i think so.

{this is my third time participating in kim klassen's texture tuesday. for this week's texture link-up, we simply had to use kim's lovely "simplicity" texture, which i used on sophie, too. {here, screen mode, 100% opacity}. you can see the rest of the many link-up participants by visiting her texture tuesday page.

i'm not sure if i will keep doing these each week. i'd like to, but i already committed to several other weekly or monthly projects that i can do as time permits. this is a great one to be a part of... so many beautiful uses of textures with photography out there! have you been a texture tuesday regular? do you love it as much as i have enjoyed being a part of it the past few weeks?}