lanterns of red

“He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown of another's personality...”
-Ayn Rand

snuggle up and get cozy

There is nothing like sitting next to a warm fire on a cold winter night to set things right again. As the heat moves over your frozen limbs and loosens your tensed muscles you can allow yourself to finally stop holding your breath and begin to thaw. As you sit there taking in the swirling hues of the reds, oranges, yellows and blues; the crackling of the wood and the soft scent of the fire are like your own personal soundtrack and aromatherapy. It's moments like these where you can just smile and let the calm take you.

into the blue

It's amazing how a sunset can turn the plainest of landscapes into something breathtakingly beautiful. It's as if the colors in the sky amplify the hidden radiance of the ground below. I love being able to look out into an open field and just get enveloped by the thought of all the sunsets that set on this very place before I could take them in. No sunset should go unnoticed or sunrise for that matter, but I am not a morning person so it's pretty special when I get to take in a full sunrise.

Tonight take some time around 6 or so to just take in the beauty of the turning of another day, your time will not be wasted.

another time another place

Have you ever looked at a farm and thought about what it would be like to live that life? Every time I pass one, all the unspoken wonder peeks it's curious head and I sit and let my mind drift to another time another place where that would be the life I wanted.
I've always been surrounded by farms growing up, I am sure that is why I am very much fascinated by them. It's hard for me to explain but it is almost like living back in the day where you worked with your hands and you grew your food. A hard days work consisted of waking up before the sun and having sweat pour from all your pores. Where at the end of the day you didn't want to go do do do, you just wanted to rest and be. There are moments where the idea of that kind of life still sounds appealing to me. Not an easy life by any means, but one that builds character through a daily pouring out of yourself. I think there is so much beauty that is lost by the busyness that our lives are often clouded by. We often overlook the majesty that surrounds us.

it sparkles in the light...

snowed-in

We got enough snow last night that I was told not to come into work. I would say we got over 10inches...so today I went out to take a couple pics of the ever growing white and of my pops. It was fun for the small amount of time I spent in it, but I was glad that there was no where I had to be for the rest of the day. I took advantage of being snowed-in and cuddled up on my couch and had a relaxing day of movie watching with my parents.