I am brought to tears by the beauty of this day. I cherish this feeling - a feeling that I’m not in touch with enough, and so I am taking a minute to capture it.
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| It's indescribably delicious to be snuggled in our cozy nest, looking out at our beautiful valley :) |
It's as if we’ve added two whole rooms to our home – rooms I just want to be in. Silly as it sounds, I just want to be in my closet!!! My amazingly capable husband has so completely re-worked our closet that now it is truly a room, rather than a tiny, dark space. I was unhappy with it, but I didn’t realize what a remarkable difference it could make to my moods to have it be so spacious and uncluttered. Yes – I LOVE my closet and I am very blessed to be spending my life with such a clever man!!
And then there’s our fireplace room – a room we seldom used, preferring instead our larger “green room”, which holds the TV and which incorporates heart of our home: the kitchen. Now suddenly the fireplace room, with it’s smaller more intimate couch, peaceful “lantern-ish lamp”, and it’s two unique chairs, has become a warm and peaceful space that beckons to me. Add to this our beautiful soapstone woodstove, radiating that unique “woodstove warmth” that gently embraces the room and ... WOW!! It’s not a place of entertainment and work, like the green room. It’s a place that says, “Come – sit and relax. Stay all day!!” We have never before had such a space in our home. It truly is as if we have a “whole nother” room, and I am so drawn to it ... it’s kind of a problem when it comes to getting things done!!
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| The view from our new "Fireplace Room" retreat |
And so I am feeling especially at peace in my home, which is certainly a big part of why I am enchanted by this day. Add to that fact that the atmospheric rivers have passed for now, and the sun has burst forth. Last night brought us a scant 4 inches of fresh, light snow which has artfully draped itself over our world creating a picture I am incapable of describing. The views surrounding our lovely home truly amaze me. The brilliantly shining sun highlights the snowy landscape with dazzling sparkles. The sage brush is but random smooth humps rising above the smooth surface of the field, like icebergs in Antarctica!! The trees, thoroughly flocked, gently bend beneath their winter cloak looking for all the world like Dr. Seuss creations. Even the fenceposts add to the delight of the view from my windows: They are topped with big tilting hats of snow – it looks as if they are tipping their caps to me, saying, “Ain’t life grand, Ma’am?” And the mountains – AHHHH … the distant snowcapped mountains. My home is truly a beautiful, peaceful place. Out here in the open space, with such vast vistas extending in every direction, one truly has room to breathe.
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| "Ain't life GRAND!!" |
I am
enchanted, and so grateful for by my blessed life, and the peace and beauty
that surrounds me.
