Beauty wherever you are

This morning, amidst the hustle and bustle of literally "shoving" my children out the door for school, we glimpsed this; steam rising off of everything as the day warms up. I pointed it out to Emily and Carter on their way off to walk to school and then ran inside for my camera. Morning steam, it's hard to capture, much like fog. You can see tiny tendrils working their way up the tree here in this first picture.
It's harder to notice in this second picture, but I liked the sun shining through the tree. And looking at this picture doesn't make me feel like I am in town so much.
The I heard a chewing noise and glance up to see this squirrel happily munching on walnuts from our Black Walnut tree. Have I mentioned that I dislike. walnuts. very. very. much!!! They are such a mess and they are all over my yard right now. But...they are a good treat for a hungry squirrel. Oh and I forgot to mention that as I am looking up and admiring this squirrel eating his breakfast, I took one step back on our homemade ramp and promptly fell on my bum!


Back to my pictures of steam...

Finally, in the bend of this tree, without the sun as a distraction, I think I captured it. I ended up getting out my telephoto and I liked those pictures best.It is still an elusive thing, that steam, and a picture. I guess most good things in life are a bit elusive, but so worth the effort in the end.