On this cold winter morning...

I, like most everyone else in the country, am sick and tired of this stinkin' cold and snowy weather.

BUT...

...it does have it's moments...

The way the sun was hitting the pines trees this morning was breath-taking and I simply HAD to go outside and snap a few photos.

I am missing my mom a lot lately and it seems the mornings are the hardest. Probably because it's when the house is the quietest. But when I looked out the front window and saw this beauty out in nature my spirits were lifted.

Every once in awhile I see something outside that brings me back to the state of appreciation...this image was my medicine today.

More on the way...until then,