Everyday Beautiful

  My, my this entry's a bit late to launch itself!  However, I hear the principle "better late than never" many times, so I stand upon it now.  The following are, as you might already guess, pictures and thoughts about the many beauties I saw in winter.  With spring now on our minds, I hope you don't mind taking a moment to reflect on the season past and how it relates to moving forward. "Traveling Alone" Self explanatory title, but when it comes down to it, I believe the title is only self explanatory because so many of us have traveled solo.  We make a lonely trail of footprints in the snow behind us.  We hear the whistling of wind, but only that fills our ears.  At times, exhaustion may crush one down the point in which he/she feels like the dead leaf in this picture.  Now... pause!  This leaf, though dead and alone, touched me.  I saw it, then stopped.  Because it made me think.  It gave me a point from which to reflect on ...

Recently, while studying for an English paper, I came across an article about the benefits of photography as a hobby.  This article challenged readers to find one object and take a picture of that object in an new way every day for a good amount of time (a month, or even a year).  To a degree, I took that challenge to heart.  Often, when I need to get fresh air or am even having a bad day, I grab my camera and begin taking pictures of random objects around the house.  This activity helps me increase skills by finding beautiful angles, lighting, or lines to make ordinary objects extraordinary wonders.  So without further ado, here's a brief gallery of my "around the house" album. "Stage of In-Between" Somewhere on the border of fall's colors and winter's wonderland, this frosted leaf found its way into my awareness.  The story behind this picture- real life difficulty of navigating "grey space" with no clear directions or short solutions- is so ...