Beauty:

 

There is beauty here in N. Carolina but I don't think there has ever been a more beautiful place that when we were living at 9,800' elevation in southern Colorado. We would wake up every day to scenes just like this. Cold crisp air and the sun coming up through the mist is just one of the scenes. The shadows or streaks of sunlight on the fresh snow. It was every day a new and different look  that was beautiful.

Blue sky so blue that it was almost to brilliant to look at very long. We never had to go looking for beauty, it was right there in front of us every day. I miss scenes like this one.