Photo 365 #225

March 20, 2015March 19, 20158 Comments

If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll have seen the beautiful blue sky we had the other morning. If not, scroll down the page a ways and look for it in the sidebar.

Go on – I’ll wait. 🙂

I took that picture on my way to work. I’d stopped to get gas and while I was filling up, I happened to notice the sky. But the beauty didn’t stop there:

I took these on my way to lunch that very same noon. I love how the clouds just feathered out at the ends, almost as if they were oil and the sky water. Except I suppose oil really doesn’t do that in water, does it? Well then, it’s almost like the clouds are smoke that’s just fading away…

Okay, that’s not a very good comparison, either. But I’m still recovering from strep, so, uh…And it’s Friday…

Anyway, I just love how these pictures turned out. The colors are spectacular, the clouds are gorgeous, and I could stare at them all day long. 🙂

Photo 365 #222: Human

March 17, 2015March 16, 20158 Comments

2015-03-03 17.59.19 I love the beauty
Of a warm spring day, but I
Loathe the allergies

That always come with
It. I feel like death warmed o’er,
And I look the same.

‘Tis such a pity
That all I want to do this
Glorious day is

Curl up under
The covers and sleep till I
Feel human again.

Photo 365 #220

March 15, 2015March 13, 20154 Comments

I captured this stunner of a sunset on my way to pick Bubbles up from church the other night.

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If I hadn’t had to pick him up, I could’ve happily sat on the side of the road photographing the sky till the sun went down. I know I’ve said it before (about a million times, probably), but I love our sunsets here.

What do you love about where you live?

Photo 365 #219

March 14, 2015March 13, 20152 Comments

It was another foggy morning yesterday:

foggyroad

And this is the good fog – about a mile north of our house, I drove into a foggy wall, and I didn’t come out of it till I got to work. I actually drove past the county line without realizing it till five miles later when suddenly the road curved to the right. It was crazy.

I wish I could have stayed home and enjoyed the fog through the window, pencil and paper in hand. What do you think of the fog?

A Song for All Seasons now available!

March 13, 201519 Comments

ASFAS-Ecover I’m pleased, excited, and every other happy word you can think of to announce that my new poetry book, A Song for All Seasons, is now available! You can find it on Smashwords, Amazon, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Createspace, and more!

TD-SW I’m also stoked to announce that the print copy of Tuesday Daydreams is now available at a new lower price. Both the e-book and print copies now have a shiny new cover, and you can find them wherever fine books are sold (read: all the above)!

Aren’t Fridays just the best? 🙂

Photo Friday: Besties

March 13, 2015March 20, 20153 Comments

This picture isn’t quite as old as some of the others I’ve been posting, but after reading this comment on my scouting throwback post, I decided a post with Miss A. was in order. 🙂

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This one is from the summer of 2008, when Miss A. came back for a visit. I don’t remember why, just that we had a great time seeing each other, as we always do. It doesn’t matter how far apart we are, we’ll always be the best of friends. 🙂

Don’t forget to check out Charnele’s Photo Friday post! 🙂

Photo 365 #216

March 11, 2015Leave a comment

Wasn’t it just gorgeous yesterday? The springy beauty started early and lasted all day. I had to go out yesterday afternoon, and happened to catch this:

flaggy

Flags fluttering in a light spring breeze, a vivid blue sky without a single cloud, the sun shining down – how can you beat that? Makes a girl feel glad to be alive. 🙂

Photo 365 #215

March 10, 2015Leave a comment

This morning I was treated to a beautifully foggy sunrise:

foggysunrise

That’s the town a couple miles from my house. Despite the fog, you can see pretty much the whole town in this picture.

I love how well this turned out! Foggy mornings are just so inspiring. 🙂

Photo 365 #213

March 8, 2015March 6, 2015Leave a comment

We had a stunningly warm sunset the other night:

redsky

I couldn’t help pulling over on my way home to snap a picture. The clouds came out a little blurry, but it was just too pretty to pass up. 🙂

Orange you glad it’s the weekend?

March 7, 2015March 6, 20155 Comments

This week’s Daily Press Photo Challenge is all about the color orange. The world is full of orange, and I can’t get enough of it (especially the color we had our living room painted in our last house – I think it was called Hearthstone or something like that – it was gorgeous and I could have painted every room in the house that color). Since I’m such a sunset devotee, I decided to share some of my more orangey pictures (though a couple other things made their way in as well).