Simply Beautiful

Everything has been so incredibly beautiful lately, no amount of photos seems to pacify me!  Autumn is one of those sneaky times that slips past so quickly.  I want to soak it in, every leaf, every fiery shade, and hold this time a bit more still.  Already trees are looking more bare and I feel a bitterness in the cold at night.  Darkness is coming so early...reminding me it is that time to start burrowing in for the winter.

Every year, the simple beauty of the season's change is startling, and still surprises me.

I designed a pair of hoop posts, very organic shaped, and beautiful in their simplicity.  Sometimes minimalism is so refreshing.  These earrings made me appreciate how pretty plain silver jewelry can be.

 “Beauty of style and harmony and 

grace 

and good rhythm depend on

 simplicity."

Plato –

Beautiful Spring Storm

The most beautiful rainbow I have seen in a long time, beginning to end, and a double rainbow barely there as well!  The storm had been all hail and torrents of rain, it came suddenly and left just as quickly, leaving lake sized puddles in the streets.  The sun was setting, glaring orange and highlighting this rainbow against a stormy charcoal sky.  The colors were electric.

The kids ran outside, all smiles, jumping and pointing, wrapped up in the rainbow's magic.

I remember the first time I ever saw a rainbow.  My dad took me to look out over this wall which looked out over the city.  He kept pointing to the sky.  I could not see what he saw, I had never seen a rainbow before.  I didn't know what to look for.  Suddenly, there it was...this one a soft pale arch of colors.

Rainbows are little miracles.

“Paint a rainbow inside of you, paint a rainbow, let your smile shine through. When it's cold and gray, push the clouds away, paint a rainbow in your heart.”