Showing posts with label trees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trees. Show all posts

Thursday, May 1, 2014

on the wings of the wind.

 
 I went to SPT Marina yesterday with my dad and we had lunch... and talked... and looked at cool boats.
 
 
Here is the awesome Happy Sandwich I made him. My sandwiches are better than my pancakes, right?
 

There's a park right across from the park, and here's... a TREE!
 


It felt so good to be on a dock, surrounded by water... We used to have a boat when I was little and spent a lot of time at the lake. Happy memories.


More boats.
 

Still more boats.
 

And now we come to the title of this post. So, Dad and I were reading all the boats' names... which is always fun... and I really liked this one: On the Wings of the Wind. We also saw one called 10 acious. Cute, right?
 
Do you love being on the water? Would you rather go surfing or boating regularly?

I look forward to reading your comments!
 
~xoxo~
Ireland

Saturday, March 29, 2014

It's A Fine Fine Life



From where I'm sitting, I can look out the window and admire the young white blossoms on one of the trees in our front yard. I haven't found any good trees to climb in North Carolina, but there are many beautiful ones. I saw a fancy waterfront house in downtown Southport last year that had a pink flowery tree on its lawn-- a tree so large that the flowers dripped down over your head when you were walking on the sidewalk. I picked one of the flowers and took a quick picture of it, but it was so much prettier in real life.


Have you ever driven down the interstate and just been amazed at how beautiful your surroundings are? I remember traveling through the mountains between Tennessee and North Carolina when I was younger, peering out of the backseat window and wondering why no one commented on how pretty it was. I figured I was weird for finding something lovely that perhaps no one else found special at all.

I know I seem obsessed with trees right now, but here's what I'm really saying: Isn't there something beautiful, right in front of you, right now, that you're taking for granted? Today, I challenge you to open your eyes and notice the beauty already present in your life. Thank God for it. Rejoice. We have it so good.

 xoxo,
Ireland

Title Credit: "It's A Fine Fine Life" by for King and Country
from the album Crave