Kitchen Table Kibitzing, Feb. 9, 2018: Chasing the Blues Away With Beauty

Gather 'round...the weekend is beginning

Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share part of the evening around a virtual kitchen table with readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. Drop by and tell us about your weather, your garden, or what you cooked for supper. Newcomers may notice that many who post diaries and comments in this series already know one another to some degree, but we welcome guests at our kitchen table, and hope to make some new friends as well.

Is it just me or is the news and the general state of things getting everybody down?  I’ve been noticing a downward slump in mood in myself and others.

One of the tried and tested remedies for blueness is to look for beauty in the world.  It is always there to discover.

I find it when walking in the park:

My local park, Portland, OR

I find it in a sleek, black cat:

Callie the Cat

Or by stopping to smell the roses.  It’s a little early for roses but the weather has been so unseasonably warm all the bulbs are coming up.  Crocuses are in full flower and I have seen some jonquils blooming.

Last year’s roses, International Test Garden, Portland, OR

How about you?  Please share the beauty that uplifts you.  And if you would like a soundtrack for chasing the blues (involving the blues!), check out Little Bozo’s outstanding diary, Songs That Are Socially Conscious.

Come in, be comfortable, share your day, your weekend plans, your menus.  This is an open thread.