magical lights in the sky

So, can you imagine that so many lanterns floating up into the night sky bearing so many wishes to the heavens would be so beautiful? To be honest, I saw them first in Disney's movie "Tangled" - but the tradition is Asian in nature. The northern Thai people (the Lanna) use them year-round. You light them, let the lanterns inflate and then send them up into the sky. 


The best part is when you have a group of people who send them up at the same time, even better when sent over a body of water (the reflections, the reflections!)


more simple magic...

the land of twitterpatia

So, the truth is that this Fall has been all about falling, diving, soaring into the exquisite land of Twitterpatia. This is a land found on the map of the heart, is usually found in springtime and is inspired by a quote from Disney's Bambi...if you still don't understand, here's the definition from Urban Dictionary:
Twitterpated:
1) to be completely enamored with someone/something.
2) the flighty exciting feeling you get when you think about/see the object of your affection.
3) romantically excited (i.e.: aroused)
4) the ever increasing acceleration of heartbeat and body temperature as a result of being engulfed amidst the exhilaration and joy of being/having a romantic entity in someone's life.


My sweetheart is something of a cowboy and so this little video (by William Tyler and Ben and Amy Marcantel) seems appropriate: