It Brightens My Day!

Greetings peeps! 

Congratulations on making it through another work week! Its Divine Friday so let's have some fun. How does Divine Friday work, Sparkle? Through the week, I try to find The Divine in my everyday life and take a picture. I choose which one I think is the best and I share it here with you guys! I post it on my Instagram and Pinterest using the hashtag #DivineFriday. You should join in the fun too! Just snap a shot of whatever made you smile this week and share it on your Instagram or whatever social media of your choosing. Sounds easy, right? :)

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I can't even tell you how happy I am that its friday!! So happy Friday to you!! As you may know, I've been doing a mega amount of crocheting. It's that time of year were everyone wants something warm, soft, and comfy. Crochet R Us is definitely in effect! That's my posting has been a little lite as of late. So anyway, did I ever tell you that I absolutely love gerber daisies!?
 

My favorite color + my favorite flower =

yellow gerber daisies!

I consider this me fulfilling one of my monthly goals. The one where I said I would do things to take care of myself and make me happy. It's not often that I buy fresh flowers for the house, but I do love to do so. I happened to be near Whole Foods (which I adore) and I know that they have the best flowers... Sooooo, flowers were bought! In my opinion, The Divine is all over these guys.  :) I mean, yellow is the happiest color EVER, so having yellow flowers is a guaranteed uplifter! Am I right? 

So tell me lovely friends, where did the see The Divine this week? 

Ciao! 

What's Up There?

Happy Friday Peeps!

Congratulations on making it through another work week! Its Divine Friday so let's have some fun. How does Divine Friday work, Sparkle? Through the week, I try to find The Divine in my everyday life and take a picture. I choose which one I think is the best and I share it here with you guys! I post it on my Instagram and Pinterest using the hashtag #DivineFriday. You should join in the fun too! Just snap a shot of whatever made you smile this week and share it on your Instagram or whatever social media of your choosing. Sounds easy, right? :)

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It’s been a very busy week in the sparkle household and I haven’t posted as much as I would like to, but hopefully this next week will bring a calm to the storm that is my life. How was your week? Did you get some shopping in? I’ve bought some gifts, but I’m not done yet. Still got a little bit of time to get stuff ordered and wrapped. Speaking of Christmas... Have you decorated your house yet? I dunno if I want to get a tree or not, but I’m definitely hanging up the wreath and putting some Christmas accents around the house. Just thinking about it makes me want to snuggle up on the couch with a blanket, some hot chocolate, and a good book!

Moving on to today’s Divine Moment....

First in black & white...

Now in color!

To be honest with you, I’ve had a really hard week. Looking up at the sky makes me happy. Even when the weather is gross, you can typically find something magnificent to look at in the sky. My favorite thing to see are sun rays. The funny thing I’ve noticed is that, a lot of people never bother to look up. Not just at the sky or while outside, but in buildings too. You’d be surprised at what you see as far as architecture and ornate designs go. :o) Next time you’re out somewhere take the time to look up!

Where did you see The Divine this week?


Ciao!

 

#DivineFriday: A New Dawn

Greetings!

Congratulations on making it through another work week! Its Divine Friday so let's have some fun. How does Divine Friday work, Sparkle? Through the week, I try to find The Divine in my everyday life and take a picture. I choose which one I think is the best and I share it here with you guys! I post it on my Instagram and Pinterest using the hashtag #DivineFriday. You should join in the fun too! Just snap a shot of whatever made you smile this week and share it on your Instagram or whatever social media of your choosing. Sounds easy, right? :)

There is just something about the morning time that's refreshing! I love waking up early in the morning (not that I do it all that often on my days off) and knowing that there's a clean slate of a day just waiting on me to enjoy. Plus there is a quietness in the morning that I just really like. I think if you listen well enough, you can hear Mother Nature waking up. :o) I like sitting outside just after the sun comes up, before there are people and car noises that start. It's very peaceful.

Plus.. Morning time has the best food!

Pancakes..
Sausage..
Waffles..
Scrambled Eggs..
Ham..
Breakfast Rice..
Grits..
Country Fried Steak..
French Toast..


Come on son! You can't deny breakfast is the best.. Okay, I know I just went on a food tangent so back on subject. :) So, if you haven't guessed by now, today's picture is of the sunrise. I saw it while I  was driving *cough* I mean.. riding down the street on the way to work. I always find The Divine in the sunrise.  What did you find The Divine in this week?

Ciao

#DivineFriday: Keep Your Head to the Sky

Greetings Friends!

Congratulations on making it through another work week! Its Divine Friday so let's have some fun. How does Divine Friday work, Sparkle? Everyday, I try to find The Divine in my everyday life and take a picture. I choose which one I think is the best and I share it here with you guys! I post it on my Instagram and Pinterest using the hashtag #DivineFriday. You should join in the fun too! Just snap a shot of whatever made you smile this week and share it on your Instagram or whatever social media of your choosing. Sounds easy, right? :)

I thought I would draw a little inspiration this week from the clouds. As a little girl, I would drag an old carpet sample out from the storage space in the back of our house and flop it in the grass. I would lay down on my carpet and look up at the clouds and find shapes and relaxation (although I didn't know it at the time). I miss the days of just being able to lay out in the yard and not have a care in the world. I often would feel so safe that I would fall asleep right there on my little carpet square.

Every now and then, I still get those peaceful moments like when I found this beautiful piece of sky! I love gazing at the sky, especially when I'm traveling to my destination. Looking up there just makes everything that I desire seem like a possibility.

 

The sky is massive, so you get a two for one today on pictures. :) Wondering why there's a bar in the 2nd picture? I was sitting at the drive-thru at Wendy's when I noticed how pretty the sky was. Me having no shame whipped out my phone, let the window down, and started snapping shots of the sky. So that's the 'Clearance' bar at the drive-thru. This time while looking up, I saw a poodle and an astronaut! 


 As a bonus, I will leave you with this song for today! It's one of my favorites of all time and I listen to it when I need to be encouraged.

When is the last time you let your imagination let loose and take over? Don't forget to get on Instagram and share your #DivineFriday photo!

Ciao!

P.S. Here's the First, Second, & Third Divine Friday posts!

All Aboard! It's Divine Friday!

Salutations!! 

Congratulations on making it through another work week! Its Divine Friday so let's have some fun. How does Divine Friday work, Sparkle? Everyday, I try to find The Divine in my everyday life and take a picture. I choose which one I think is the best and I share it here with you guys! I post it on my Instagram and Pinterest using the hashtag #DivineFriday. You should join in the fun too! Just snap a shot of whatever made you smile this week and share it on your Instagram or whatever social media of your choosing. Sounds easy, right? :)

So last week I was on my way home from work and everyday I have to cross over the train tracks to get to my destination. On this particular day I got caught by the train! Sometimes when I'm in a hurry I get aggravated by having to wait on the train. But on this day I saw the beauty in the train. The Divine. So I rolled down my window, stuck my phone out, and snapped  the shot as it was passing by!  

Trains have always had this mysterious quality to me. I don't really know why, but I tend to be drawn to them. One of these days I will take a real train trip somewhere! Maybe a nice long trip to the West Coast. :) I can see it now.. Me and The Boo will be all snuggled up sitting in our seats next to the window enjoying the scenery.  And of course I will have my writing utensils, camera, and a novel to read. 

Where did you find beauty this week? Show us and use #DivineFriday! Have a great weekend everyone!! 

Ciao! 

They're a Knockout!

Salutations!

We made it friends! It’s finally Friday and I dunno about you, but I’m so ready for the weekend!! Tomorrow I’ll be zooming down the race track in a Lexus RC F! Being that I’m originally from Indiana, I kinda have a thing for racing. It’s not a hardcore passion or anything, but I do enjoy watching it every now and then and playing racing video games. I won’t have to pretend I’m on a racetrack tomorrow though! It will be the real in living color thing. I’m geeked!

I'll be zooming down the track in this puppy right here.

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In-between everything that has gone on this week, a little Divinity decided to pop out in full force. If you missed the first one, here is last weeks find! I saw this little bloom early one the morning and it seemed to be trying it’s best to touch the sky. They are called knockout roses, supposedly because the rain makes them shrink (or knocks them out) and the sun opens them back up! It had rained that morning and so by that afternoon, it had opened up (due to the sun shinning brightly) welcoming all that passed by to revel in its beauty. I love really bright colors, especially in flowers. Whenever I see things like this it just makes me smile.

When I’m out and about I’m always looking for Divinity moments. A lot of times for me, it happens early in the morning when the sun rises and there is a light fog just hanging around and plush dew drops are on the blades of grass.

Did you find The Divine lurking in unknown places that you didn't expect this week? Normally they just pop out at me at random times,  but I think because I was looking for them they came out more than usual. I've already tagged my photo with #DivineFriday on Instagram. Have you? Check out what other people are posting and 'heart' their photos. Let's spread the love.  :)

Ciao! 

Beauty is Everywhere

Greetings friends!

I think Friday is the perfect day for a little beauty and inspiration. You can really find beautiful things anywhere you are whether it be in a city, out in the country or in nature. It's been said that when you notice or see something beautiful, then you are seeing The Divine right here on earth. I thought I would share my divine moment here with you today. 

Everyday I'm at work I see these plants. I'm not really sure what they are but they always look so beautiful, especially in the late morning when the sun is high in the sky. When I see them it's almost like they're glowing with this beautiful energy that surrounds them. Looking at them makes me  think of walking through a great big field of wildflowers and just lazing about and enjoying the day. 

Hey friends... How about we start a thing together? Let's make it an Instagram situation! I'm going to start taking pictures of the beautiful things that I see day to day and post them here on Friday's. I'll also share them on my Instagram @ASparkleThe1 using the hashtag 

#DivineFriday.

I look forward to seeing all of your pictures! Today and everyday, go forth looking for the beautiful things in your life! Have a great weekend!

Ciao!