Wednesday, August 15, 2007

choosing happiness

I liked this article (found via Willa). I have really been trying lately to enjoy and savor the little things, and find ways to choose to be happy.

I have noticed how much my own happy (or grumpy!) moods are reflected back to me by my family.


Monday, August 13, 2007

a lovely mountain weekend

Magical_creek

This little rippling creek next to our campsite this weekend really captured my imagination. Watching the water rush away through and around the trees made me think that if I followed it I might find little woodland fairies or hobbit cottages.

It made such a soothing sound as we fell asleep, too.


Monday, August 6, 2007

back from texas

I love looking west and seeing mountains. But one thing I miss about living in the flatlands is the sunsets. Here in the Colorado front range, the sun just goes right down behind the mountains, usually without a lot of fanfare. Sometimes we get a surprise burst of color, which is cause for much oohing and ahhing.
However, when we go down to Austin, this type of scene is a regular occurrence at my mom's house. Beautiful colors that intensify and last a long time after the sun is well down below the horizon.
Although...actually now that I compare this photo to the one in my banner (taken in eastern Colorado), I see how similar the colors really are. You just have to go a little further east.
And the sunrises here can be spectacular too. I'm just not usually up that early with my camera!