So Much Beauty

We are in day four of the Ice Storm of '09. Today the high will be in the low 20s and the low will be seven. Nothing is melting. The entire city looks like it's been decorated--the ordinary transformed. I'm going to try to get into the Lexington Cemetery today if it's open.

I cannot stop taking pictures.


Icing




Branch



Fringed



Snowfall




A Visitor






Arches



iced branches





gracefully





looking up





From the attic








Ricky Fitts in American Beauty: ""It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowing and there's this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. And this bag was, like, dancing with me. Like a little kid begging me to play with it. For fifteen minutes. And that's the day I knew there was this entire life behind things, and... this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... and I need to remember... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in. ""

Smooches and remember to stop and see the beauty gropes babies.