Picture Windows

I opened my eyes the other morning and was greeted with this sight through my bedroom patio door:

(Luckily I had my camera right there....I took it while still in bed:D)

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And then in passing the front window last night, 
I grabbed up my camera to shoot this setting scene.

(Sounds as though I walk around 24/7 with my camera. Even indoors.)

It got me to thinking of what is sandwiched during the day, between these 2 pictures.
What am I filling the in~between hours with?


Which then led me to think on this quote I read last week:


I will wake up every morning


determined to go to bed


with satisfaction.

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I think it's all a personal thing of what leads us to that satisfaction.


For me, 
it's when I unwrap myself from my own thoughts and self, 
and focus outwardly ~on those around me.


I need to do that more...
for
satisfaction has been lacking over here in my neck of the woods.
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~Wishing you all a wonderful middle-of-the-week day~

Throw open the window!

This morning as I walked into the kitchen to chat with my son before he left for work,

I stopped in my tracks when I glanced out the window.

{For days we haven't seen the sun.

The last time I remember seeing it?

Well...even if I look back on the calendar days I honestly couldn't tell you when it was last seen.

It's been more than a week for sure.

Gray, 

white, 

fog, 

horizon meeting land in one large white wall.

It's been dismal.}

But this morning...I saw it.

It took my breath away.

I actually had to throw open my window to let in any amount I could.

(With our record who knows how long such things will last!)

There was no way I was going to miss a minute.

I think my son understood while I ran around the house looking for a camera to use.

And he understood while I stood on the counter to snap pictures from every angle.

I even think he understood when I didn't add a bag of cookies to his lunch bag and he had to do it himself;)

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{I was really beginning to wonder if we could still see in color.}

{ I kept sunglasses on all day today.}It was a good day.

sky's the limit

Out of the Blue

Think Pink

Ice White

Lavender Bloom

Golden Treasure

Needed: Color

Being away made me realize something....
I don't think it's the lack of sunlight that makes one feel down during winter months.
It's more the lack of color.
I can handle cloudy days....but when all one sees is white?
Craziness settles inside of me.

You can't be at the pole and the equator at the same time.

You must choose your own line, as I hope to do, and it will probably be color.

~Vincent van Gogh

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"and if i had to choose where to be right now....

the equator would win over this 'north pole' for sure!"

~me

Summer Reds

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And on that note....I need a camera.

The majority (99%) of the pictures I post are taken with the camera on my cell phone.

All of you out there with picture blogs...what do you use?

Any suggestions? I  NEED to go camera shopping.....