seeing beauty (snow helps)
Yesterday when I walked out for lunch it was grey and spitting rain. As I walked, though, it turned to crystals and then big light flakes. As I walked back, the church bells played out a sweet, joyful song. (Why, I do not know. Possibly the church likes snow too.) Big red church door, festively swirling snow, tolling bells - I took a moment to just appreciate. Both snow and bells had stopped by the time I was back to work. It was a lovely moment in an otherwise unremarkable workday.
Snow started up again last night - Tyler and I stood together and watched it fall for a while. First night in a bit, a long-feeling bit, at home together and without pressing tasks. Relaxing, necessary, but also... slowing down lets the sad back in. Holding each other and watching snow fall was about the right speed.
This morning treated me to a beautiful sunrise on my way to work. iphone picture doesn't quite capture the feeling of it, or the milky violet-pink glow of the scene, but here it is nonetheless.
(Yeah, that's barbed wire and a parking lot. I take what I can get in the beauty department.)
Snow started up again last night - Tyler and I stood together and watched it fall for a while. First night in a bit, a long-feeling bit, at home together and without pressing tasks. Relaxing, necessary, but also... slowing down lets the sad back in. Holding each other and watching snow fall was about the right speed.
This morning treated me to a beautiful sunrise on my way to work. iphone picture doesn't quite capture the feeling of it, or the milky violet-pink glow of the scene, but here it is nonetheless.
(Yeah, that's barbed wire and a parking lot. I take what I can get in the beauty department.)