Love Thursday: leaping for love

Recently, an acquaintance of mine instant messaged me.  She's someone I've only met a few times, and really, other than her last name, I don't know her at all.  "Check this out," she said, giving me a link to her Flickr stream. "This is my new guy.  He's so fantastic."

Another good friend recently added a post to her blog, before quickly removing it:  "I think I'm falling in love."

Even my 4-year-old daughter starts jumping around like a banshee when the little boy across the street comes outside to play.

There's something about new love, isn't there?  It's been a while for me: I've been happily married for going on 7 years now, and while I love my husband deeply and wouldn't trade what I feel for him for anything in the world, it's not the same as that oh-my-God-I-think-he-actually-likes-me-why-can't-I-stop-thinking-about-him flush you get when you're falling for someone new.  And even if it's at the start of a love that is destined to end, it's still all just so ... intoxicating.

Happy Love Thursday, all.  Please leave your links to your images of love in the comments, below, and check out what mainemomma2007 uploaded in our Flickr pool -- the beginning of a new love, maybe?

Have a wonderful, love-filled day.

Comments

[michelle of bleeding espresso]

So true Karen...right at the beginning when you just can't stop thinking about someone...*le sigh* Love that photo!

This week some simple "autumn love blooms" that I see on my walk with my dogs every morning (and several times a day):

http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/10/love-thursday-autumn-love-blooms.html

Happy Love Thursday to all!

[Chocolate on my Cranium]

New love can be found everywhere - new friends, babies, even new passion for other hobbies.

My LT this Thursday is about my father's love for my son:
http://chocolateonmycranium.blogspot.com/2008/10/just-grandpa-and-me-part-deux.html

[JeanaMarie]

some little things i'm loving making right now:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeanamarie31/2965588395/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeanamarie31/2965587587/in/photostream/

happy love thursday!

[simply blogged / leaca's philosophy]

I just barely talked about this in my post yesterday. Well, sort of. It works for LT, so I am adding it. It originally was meant for yesterday's Now post.

http://www.simplyblogged.com/2008/10/now.html

[Elizabeth Harper]

A pledge of a different kind...

http://www.giftsofthejourney.com/Elizabeth_Harper-Gifts_of_the_Journey/Blog/Entries/2008/8/28_My_Allegiance_To_Love.html

[Ane Lagerqvist]

http://bilderurlivet.rular.se/blogg/lovethursday.html

One very broken heart...

[Marcie]

New and old..love is love:
http://bravo.unisonplatform.com/~marciesc/index.php?showimage=562

[Maggie Ann.]

this is a moment caught on a drive my husband and i took just the other day. on monday the 27th, of October, we celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary. there are still glances that catch me and send me sailing through those blissful feelings of intoxication.

http://flickr.com/photos/mostsincerely/2965812853/

[kath]

happy love thursday everyone.

[kath]

http://3yrplan.typepad.com/soeursdujour/

happy love thursday everyone

[becky]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27863321@N07/2959329691/

sometimes "new love" is "old love" finally revealed.

[christy kintzel]

because she's so easy to love

http://www.flickr.com/photos/itchypony/2767099158/

[ELK]

oh Karen the joy of a young legs ~great shot and post!
be still my heart:
http://www.redorgray.com/

[cindy k]

i think love must reside here - http://flickr.com/photos/71443419@N00/2961646786/

happy love thursday!

[Julia]

Happy Love Thursday everyone!

http://jewels.esmilde.com/2008/10/love-thursday_23.html

[Secret Agent Mama / Mishelle Lane]

http://secretagentmama.com/blog/2008/10/23/l-o-v-e-t-h-u-r-s-d-a-y/

Another kind of stomach tightening (in a good way) love is that of new friends. I touched on that A LOT this week.

[Jessi]

Happy love Thursday.

http://www.frozeneights.blogspot.com/2008/10/love-thursday_22.html

[Karen (from Our Deer Baby)]

I am writing about loving oneself this week at
http://o-scientist.blogspot.com/2008/10/loving-kindness.html

Sometimes it is so much easier to love someone else, but be hard on ourselves.

Happy Love Thursday!

Karen

[kristin]

here's to great kisses! MWAH!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14811117@N02/2962492453/

[Wayfaring Wanderer]

I HEART FALL
http://www.wayfaringwanderer.com/2008/10/i-heart-fall.html

[Katie in MA]

Oh, how timely! Because I'm falling, I'm falling...I just can't write about it right now!

Instead, I traveled back in time this week to thank my mom for all of the love she poured into our Halloween costumes. God, I miss her.

http://cantgetthere.wordpress.com/2008/10/22/love-sometimes-is-about-material-things/

Happy Love Thursday, everyone!

[Saja]

The day I got married was all about total love and happiness:
http://nursingbuddha.com/?p=646

[cotterpin]

My sister and her new fiance...

http://cotterpinhouse.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/love-thursday-7/

[LaShawn]

http://flickr.com/photos/lashawn/2960846303/

Compassion is love.

[Jeanine]

Thank you for this post... more than words can say.

Happy Love Thursday.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15607464@N03/2966051087/

[Lu]

oh, new love...it is intoxicating. Especially when you fall in love with yourself. Something more of us need to do more often.

[spread your wings]

happy love thursday everyone

http://autumnsun08.blogspot.com/

[Angella]

I spent a wonderful day exploring nature with my kids. Saw this leaf and thought of Love Thursday:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ourcrazylife/2966290379/

[Emily]

The loves of my life, my children.
Making a wish, I used his wishes for things that I would like to never happen, it would be nice to wish away the bad things.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/i_love_photography/2966307781/

[Betsy]

I love Love Thursday! Thanks for creating such a rad weekly post. I'm starting to look forward to it every week!!

http://shestories.blogspot.com/2008/10/love-thursday.html

[donna]

Love is in the little things

http://lemondingo.blogspot.com/2008/10/love-thursday.html

Happy LT

[candinamaria]

Old love and new love -- loving each other.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fETMJhdYEZ0/SP6PEFaQyLI/AAAAAAAAADY/G0ZdlhZygbg/s1600-h/IMG_4367.jpg

[bridge]

http://ridethewavesoflife.blogspot.com/2008/10/love-thursday-care-of-soul.html

[Aia]

happy love thursday!

http://liveforthosewholoveyou.blogspot.com/

[Wanda]

I wish it grew on trees...

http://whatwouldwandado.blogspot.com/2008/10/love-thursday-102308.html

[Shalet]

Happy LT all! This week it's all about self-love and self-care...

http://peculiarmomma.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-i-do-not-understand.html

:o)

[Robin-bird]

This is a wonderfully joyful capture! Here is my own little happy love story :)
http://robinbird.typepad.com/bird_tweets/2008/10/day-181-surprised-by-love.html

[bonggamom]

Mine is up... happy love thursday!

http://bonggamom.blogspot.com/2008/10/for-love-of-football.html

[Jeannette]

This represents the love between my daughter and my mother. Seeing them together thrills me beyond words.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7550209@N04/2949037811/

Thank you Shutter Sisters for helping me believe that someday I can call myself a photographer too!

[Meg]

Our food seems to often love us. This isn't the first heart I've found in food. http://www.flickr.com/photos/megbeverly/2967465282/

[claudia]

you can imagine how many times I've walked past this...
http://gnubee.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/walk-by-love/

[FireMom]

Speaking of love? There's nothing that fills me with more love than watching my Husband play with the kids. As evidenced this week: http://stopdropandblog.com/2008/10/23/love-thursday-big-similar-smiles/

[Kattis]

Happy LT!

http://www.tjornebrant.se/dagar/2008/10/23/love-thursday-13/

[tracey]

i love thursdays.
http://maypapers.blogspot.com/2008/10/to-love-and-be-loved.html

[Janine]

she loves peas... i love the gap between her two little teeth

http://flickr.com/photos/25744047@N03/2967662844/

[Diane Schuller]

Gosh, such wonderful offerings shutter sisters. My Love Thursday offering is definitely love but that warm, comfortable sort of love between the generations:

http://albertaphotography.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/when-you-least-expect-it/

Happy Love Thursday Shutter Sisters,

Diane

[HeatherK]

http://heatherk.typepad.com/heatherk/2008/10/love-thursday-5-years-ago-it-snowed-and-i-havent-been-the-same-since.html

My first love Thursday---perfect timing!

[Busymomma66]

Happy Love Thursday!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/busymomma66/2966974763/

[maz]

Beautiful post!
It's all about puppy love over at my place...
http://divingforpearls.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/10/puppy-love.html

[Jamie]

This one caused our whole family to fall in love...

http://umbrellablog.com/love-thursday/love-thursday/