A Painted Sky Sunset and Pizza

 

Song:  Theft, and Wandering Around Lost

Group:  Cocteau Twins

Today...

I slept in late...

fed Bandi...

and then as I was lying in bed...

amber light shining through my bedroom window blinds signified another beautiful sunset

was in progress.

I grabbed my iPhone and headed up to the loft and...

once again...

walked out onto the third floor deck

(Beautiful sunsets happen very often here).

I often must put the camera into wide angle to capture much of the skies at once.

Even though it has been sunny....

much of the snow remains on the mountains for quite some time.

I never tire of beautiful sunsets.

They are such a magnificent metaphor for my stage in life.

As I am in my sunset years...

just as in the later stages of a sunset...

the colors deepen and become so rich...

just as all experiences continually deepen and richen until dusk...

whereupon you are gently lulled to sleep under the welcoming glinter of starlight.

Always be the person who deeply appreciates life in all of its glory...

and never let a sunset go without letting it set your heart ablaze with its surreal magic.

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After the last of the colors began to fade...

I had a deeply growing urge for AJ's Pizza in Woodland Park.

I had been thinking about their pizza...

off and on...

all day long.

I am at that point in life when I much more easily follow my urges...

especially when it comes to food.

I arrived and had found that they were playing one of my favorite eras of music

on their sound system....the 70s...all the greatest hits.

I ordered a large pizza...

and to my surprise...

I ate it all there.

My appetite is returning slowly...

and although it is still not 100%...

my enjoyment of food is still one of my favorite carrots in life.

All gone  :)

I listened to my favorite music on the drive home...

but this time I kept the windows up as the temperature was below 20 F.

(below -6 C)

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My sisters are thinking of coming to visit this Spring...

and so...

I will keep the Christmas Tree up for them to enjoy...

that...and I am still just too fatigued to take it down.

Plus...

I just love looking at the colorful lights at night from the loft.

Anyway...

I am not one for typical social conventions...

if I like it...I do it.

If I don't like it...I don't do it.

This is freedom...

and that is how to live life...

on your own terms.