Slice of heaven.

Today is a day of promises and bargains made with sunshine, quiet joy in a bright day, sweet grassy breezes, wide-eyed optimism...

It is so beautiful, so fresh and vivid here...

Simple pleasures:
Sapphire skies.
Converse All-stars. (Pink)
Sunglasses.
Cold drinks.
Hope.
Friends.
New chances.
Love.
Raspberries.
Open-air balconies.
Clean sheets.
Feeling healthy (or getting there, at least).
The city skyline.
Long walks downtown.
Driving with the windows/sunroof open.
Love... real love... savoring it where I can find it, where it will always be.

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"The desert is beautiful," the little prince added.

And that was true. I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams...

"What makes the desert beautiful," said the little prince, "is that somewhere it hides a well..."

I was astonished by a sudden understanding of that mysterious radiation of the sands. When I was a little boy I lived in an old house, and legend told us that a treasure was buried there. To be sure, no one had ever known how to find it, perhaps no one had ever even looked for it. But it cast an enchantment over that house. My home was hiding a secret in the depths of its heart...

"Yes," I said to the little prince. "The house, the stars, the desert - what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible!"

"I am glad," he said, "that you agree with my fox."

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery