Just add sunshine...

Butterflies are my thing.  OK, they are a lot of people's thing but that doesn't mean they can't be mine too.  I love this!  If I had one section of lawn with consistent sun for more than 30 mins at a time this baby would be mine.

Tears of happiness...

After it rains the world is drenched in color and dripping with crystal tears.  One of those magical moments to create truly beautiful images. Even a mud puddle sparkles with color.

Pretty in pink...

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I've been so busy I've almost missed Spring.  So glad it is only almost, I still have a little time.  Starting with this!

Flower peeping...

It is a gorgeous day!  The sun is shining, the temperature is practically perfect with just a little chill to keep it interesting and there is a beautiful breeze.  Well, not so beautiful when you have the perfect image in your view finder and the breeze shakes it up.  That just means you get to take more time to enjoy the view while you wait for that second when the world stops bending with the wind.  Just like life...

What makes me happy...

Daisies!

Please don’t glorify the cowards...

Please don’t glorify the cowards.   After, once again, struggling to find a way to tell my child about the senseless violence in our world and a night of praying for those that were lost and those that are fighting to recover, I needed to throw this out into the virtual void: Please, news media, don’t glorify the cowards.  Tell us about the first responders in Boston, the heroes that ran into the fray not knowing what they were going to find but wanting to make a difference.  Tell us about the ones who lost their lives, senselessly, while trying to make a difference in the world.  Tell us about the ones struggling today to move past the horror of what they saw and what it took from them.  

When you know the truth, when you have done the research, when it isn’t speculation, tell us all of that.  

However, when you find out who did this, when you know the individual, or group, that hid in the shadows while so many cried out for help because of their shameless acts, please do not tell us about them.  Call them ‘the cowards’ and give them the notoriety they deserve: none.  Don’t give others the idea that these crimes make you into something.  Don’t give these people the time of day.  Let them be prosecuted quickly for their crimes and let us move on. 

For some reason so many will watch the freak show that is to come and the ratings will insure that this message will fall on deaf ears but this morning, with a truly heavy heart, I had to put it out there.  Thanks for listening.

With prayers for peace and joy, we move forward.   Tomorrow is always a new day.

I use this space to show my view of the beauty around us.  It has been awhile since I have posted but I have wanted to for months.  Funny how we can never find the time for the little things.  We need to make that time.  Well, I am back and I will be posting images that reflect my view of the world we live in.  It is time to start viewing beauty again.