/tags/beautiful/Recent content in Beautiful on Late BloomsHugoen-usSat, 29 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000/posts/lights-camera-snow/Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000/posts/lights-camera-snow/<p>[caption id=&ldquo;attachment_653&rdquo; align=&ldquo;aligncenter&rdquo; width=&ldquo;584&rdquo;]<a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2012/Lights-camera-snow/i-Bh5PPHH/0/L8HNZBH3jzztSnr4fSX9rb9QFvr7VS7qP9RThr5gw/D/Christmas-Trees-with-snow-and-Lights-D.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="https://jeanjankisamaroo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Christmas-Trees-with-snow-and-Lights-1024x585.jpg" title="Christmas Trees with snow and Lights"></a> Christmas Lights[/caption]</p> <p>The images in this collage were taken at night.  I admired the Christmas outdoor lighting on my street for a long time before getting around to taking these pictures.  However, I&rsquo;m glad I waited, as they are more beautiful with the presence of the snow.  <strong>&ldquo;We feel most alive in the presence of the Beautiful for it meets the needs of our soul.  For a while the strains of stuggle and endurance are relieved and our frailty is illuminated by a different light in which we come to glimpse behind the shudder of appearances the sure form of things.&rdquo;</strong></p>