Mountains and Sky

One afternoon I was driving home from visiting my mom and the visual feast was amazing. I've always loved looking at the mountains but took them for granted since this is where I was born and raised. Well, when I moved to the East Coast I was blown away at their trees and blossoming bushes. I fell in love with the "green" that always surrounded me after I got over the feeling of claustrophobia. Now that I'm back home, I can't stop looking at the mountains and gushing over them. Unfortunately, it has also lead me to take pictures while I'm driving. I promise I look for places to pull over but most of the time...there really isn't a place. At the above picture, I was stopped at a stop sign...which is why there is a car in the picture.

I wish my little point and shoot camera could do justice to a sky that magnificent. It's a nice picture but it was even a nicer sky.

It's kind of funny how you can look past all the street signs and buildings to see the beauty around but when you take a picture of it...the camera doesn't look past those darn stop lights. (I was stopped at the stop light when I took this picture).

This time I did pull over to take this picture...it's a picture of the front of Timpanogus Mountain...just a quarter of mile from my parent's house. Try to look past all the houses and cars and enjoy the majesty of this mountain.

It was really cold outside so this is taken indoors...through a window. This is the back of my parents house. When I was in grade school, sometimes I'd wake up in the middle of the night, walk into the family room and look out the window at this view. I did it most often during the winter when the ground was covered in snow and the moon was full. The night wasn't dark with all the light reflecting off of the snow and it had a peace that usually calmed me enough that I'd be able to go back to sleep when I returned to my bed.

This picture was taken while SM was driving. I get to see this view every day as I leave my home to drive to my mom's house...unless we have an inversion in the weather and then I can barely see in front of me.

This picture is another one where the camera can't do justice to the colors. I took this one last Saturday morning from my bedroom window. Can you believe I am surrounded by such beauty? I thank my Heavenly Father for giving me wonders to look upon often. I am truly blessed.