ah. i am afraid my heart feels a tad broken today. it shouldn't, but i have let my feelings get the best of me. what can you do? that's life. but obviously i need to start to practice what i preach. look for the good things in life, don't think about the bad. so good things... good things. music is wonderful. friends. nature. the warm breeze on a hot sunshiney summer day. the grass beneath your feet. the smells of a summer day... like the freshly cut grass, flowers, trees, dirt, camp fire... there are so many! summer is so wonderful. you can just walk outside and go. don't have to worry about being too cold or there being snow... even the rain can be wonderful. feeling the earth beneath your feet, the sun beating down on you, listening to the wonderful sounds, either it be kids playing, water splashing, music being blasted from cars with their windows down, birds chirping, people actually outside and laughing, not going as quickly as they can with their head down to get inside asap because of freezing cold snow and wind. people walking their dogs, eating icecream downtown, riding bikes, kayaking in the river, the sound of the geese and the flow of the river, rustling of leaves, the way the leaves flip and it gets that yellowish light outside and the wind picks up just before a perfect storm, thunder and lightning with rain that goes straight down in thick fast drops that hurt but feel so good while jumping in the puddles. sitting outside and reading a good book in the sunshine. hiking in flip flops... the beach with the warm sand that feels so nice and refreshing to dig your feet down into. the sound of sea gulls! picnics. sitting on rocks. concerts! wow i feel so much better!

this is the best friend i have! we were at a concert and found somewhere to toke :)
what a wonderful day!

oh how i miss it! i spent a wonderful summer here! these are from hartwick college's env. campus pine lake, in west davenport, ny