The Perfect Way to Start the Day
As the sun rises, a series of decisions line up and stand at attention, just waiting for an order from me.
Hit the snooze button once? Twice? Three times? (The answer is almost always three times.)
Argue with Alexis over her clothing choices, or just let her wear a short-sleeve shirt and too-small jeans?
What should I wear? The blue sweater? The gray sweater? They're nearly identical, but it matters, dammit.
Use the Tinkerbell toothbrush, or use the High School Musical toothbrush? Rumor has it, this is a VERY IMPORTANT DECISION.
Trust Alexis to eat at bowl of cereal at the table in less than seventeen years (Ha! As if that is possible!), or make her eat waffles in the car?
Start the car early so that it's warm, or conserve a little gasoline and suffer through the pain that is bitter cold leather seats?
Try to heard the cats into the basement, or just leave them upstairs, knowing that they'll be all sorts of grumpy about it later, once they've forgotten that it's their own fault they were locked away from the food?
Try to convince Alexis that it's MY TURN to pick the music, or be a slave to the odd preferences of the short person in the back seat?
Let that same short person listen to BOTH the car radio AND Phantom of the Opera via my phone? Or make her pick just one?
Take the main highway all the way to work, knowing it will be both snow and ice-free? Or take the potentially faster back way, knowing full well that the back way involves a rarely cleared and often snow-covered windy, hilly mess of a partially gravel road?
Did I mention that there are horses along that back road?
Yeah, it's really not much of a decision.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Reader Comments (20)
Beautiful! Absolutely gorgeous. Thank you for sharing :D
I especially like the one of the horse's nose. It looks so soft!
Wait, don't you hate horses? And, how late are you usually for work? :)
Breath-taking... these shots are amazing.
@Jen--Horses are pretty, but you won't catch me touching one. Since those are trapped behind a fence, it's all good. I can keep a poop-free distance. ;-)
Beautiful photos. I wish my drive to work looked like that. Thank you for sharing.
HORSES!!
We have this choice as well. I almost NEVER go the long way home when there's snow but you know what? Today I will. Thanks. I just wish I could take pictures like you do...except ours are usually more about the cows (and occasional turkey).
clapping!
Any morning's stresses are worth that... Gorgeous... So tranquil...
Not much of a decision at all. They're beautiful. (The horses, and the shots of them!)
I haven't been watching much online lately, but I see you got your new camera. How do you like it so far?
I LOVE this post. Awesome.
There is something so wise in the eyes of a horse. Beautiful shots!
Mmm, so lovely. Makes me want to take a drive. Without children.
That wouldn't be a decision for me either. I LOVE me some horses. Those are two very gorgeous ones, too!! You definitely made the right choice. I absolutely adore this series of pictures!!
I see I'm not the only one with snow and horse posts;)
Where are you finding these gorgeous horses in pittsburgh?? There are cute horses that wear coats along the montour trail in the south hills. I love them.
My favorite? The horse looking out the side of his eye, like he knows you're being sneaky and he doesn't want you to know he's watching you. :)
And? Your tagline? She might outgrow names, but she'll ALWAYS be your baby. :)
And you're not a horse person. ;)
That's where my horses are, too! Well, not mine... but the ones I ride my bike a few extra miles to see. Do you ever use the Montour Trail? My favorite part of it is near Cecil. That's where my husband is from!
Wow. Those shots are just stunning! The horse ones are awesome, but I have to admit that I like the ones of the road and the trees even more. And holy crap does it look cold!