A Month of Sunrays: My only sunshine

Hello, hello.

I wanted to share another greetings card with you today but this time it's not one I've made, it's one I received.

[I'd better give you fair warning: as it's Valentine's Day today this post may contain some mild references to love + stuff ... so if you're in a delicate, indifferent and/or vengeful mood when it comes to that sort of thing ... you might be better off leaving this post and going to play some Tetris instead.]

There's a good possibility that today's card is the original source of my sunshiney-leanings and when I remembered I still had it, it led to a search for it beneath years worth of sentimental saved cards.

But eventually I found it:

Remember how, since January, I've been going on to you about the trials of having a wintry birthday? I'm sure you do .. in fact, it's asafe bet you're tired of hearing it by now ... so spare a thought for James who's had to put up with it for almost 2 decades.

Which is where this card comes in.

It's a birthday card he gave me after we'd been together a few years ... but clearly my message had already got through to him! Last night, when I asked him why he chose this particular card he said: "There's not a lot I can do about the weather, but I could at least bring you this."

So, despite never being able to have a bouncy castle in the garden on any of my cold January birthdays ... I really have nothing to complain about.

Nothing at all.

Julie :-)

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We're almost half-way through both February and 'A Month of Sunrays' so, if you need to catch up:

• There's a list of all the posts in the series so far here [including the giveaway if you haven't already entered.]
• And the Pinterest board [which is a combinartion of posts you've all shared with me and inspiration I've found and pinned myself] is looking very bright and cheerful here.

Plus there's still half a month's worth of posts heading this way. The kind of things you can expect are:

• a few more crafting projects;
• at least one more attempt to get you to wear a tiny bit of yellow;
• a couple of home / interiors type posts; and  ...
• a few special guests!

See you soon.