b is bloggered

No knitting news today, so instead, pictures of my beloved (who probably doesn't mind that I blogged the dog before I blogged him):

We've been married nine years, together thirteen. We have friends getting married soon, and so I've been thinking about marriages.

Ours sustains me, challenges me, infuriates me, grows me, and gives me a place to rest. He has taught me to be kinder to myself. I learned from his optimism that hope in the face of contrary evidence is a wise, not a foolish, thing. He's fast and smart and funny. He's stubborn and persnickety. Someone said to me once, "It's obvious that he adores you." I have worked hard since then to make sure it was obvious--to him especially--that I adore him.