Bringing Thrifty Back

I'm cheap. There, I said it.


Cheap has a certain beauty, no? This is what you get to see if you get up and get moving on a Saturday morning. Caught this beautiful sunrise as I left one of the sales I stopped at on my one-hour-garage-sale-tour-of-the-week.

A Colorful Year

2012 was nothing if not colorful. The rains came and I watched countless downpours and sun showers in wonder. Flowers bloomed brilliantly and the sun and moon stunned as they made their way across the sky, framed by backdrops of vivid strokes, the likes of which sent me tearing through the house to find my camera on many an occasion.

Free Showings Daily

It feels like I started working on this sign forever ago. It kept getting put on hold while I tended to other things, but I'm finally calling it "done" - well, sort of - maybe - for now anyway. 

Yeah, we'll just see about that.

The Match-Light of Morning

The morning is a match light, struck across the grains of sand just over to the East, by the seaside. 

With a gentle flash, morning flares and glows (seemingly created from nothing but God's brush with the earth). Edges of firelight reach out, rushing across the waking present and into the working day ahead. 

The glow ebbs and then it latches on, anchored to an unexplored horizon, sweeping across a landscape that provides fuel for it's brilliance, drawing our eye to shape, form and purpose that would have gone unnoticed in its absence. The world is full of possibility and we are asked to step into the phenomenon that is another day.

Morning beams glide confidently across the miles like streaming ribbons of opportunity, reminding us God has designs on today, and those designs hold a purpose beyond a daily routine. 

There is a world awash in this brilliance just waiting for what we might do with all that stretches out ahead.

From low in the eastern sky, intricate details and alternate views are highlighted from the ground up.

Uplit, backlit and beautiful, we see what noontime will never disclose: secret scenes, known only to those who delve into the mysteries of morning. Its fleeting rays reach from below and come alongside, highlighting scenes with shadows and sparkle unknown to those who linger too long with their pillows. Those who rise and watch for these moments learn truths and witness wonders...like secrets whispered...

...of sparkling rays dropping diamonds on the water's surface...

...precious gems unearthed and lying aglow with the shimmer of a new day,

the silky underside of a gull, floating overhead... 

...the soft curves of a weathered life, 





and three dimensional details which will soon disappear in the full-on, harsh light of day. 

It all comes compliments of the creator, free for the taking at sunrise... new every morning, when the world is aflame and brilliant with color and the-as-of-yet un-lived moments. 


With sunrise as my inspiration, what am I burning to do and be today? 

Standing in the light of early morning; we're awakened to the amazing opportunities.

...the sparkling, bubbling life that rolls in and washes out is waiting at our feet.

...colorful ideas emerge to spark our soul and make us smile.

In the spotlight of a brilliant beam that aims our way from over on the eastern horizon, we are being sketched into this work of art called today. 

How will we feature in the unfolding story? 

Will we keep someone's eye moving across the page of the day as it turns and they wait to see more? Maybe we'll be a line that conveys meaning, or form that gives structure to an idea. Could be we'll set a pattern that repeats and calls attention to what is important. We might be the ones to spark excitement or set a tone that inspires a new thought or offers someone the hope of God's eternal truth, to see something they never noticed before. 

Soak in the sunbeams and the joy handed off each dawn and carry them along as the mood shifts and the daybreak glow exits the stage, as that fleeting and fresh sparkle lags and the day begs for a smile, crying out for mercy from the drudgery and the harsh reality of midday.  

The beauty of morning light is too soon gone. It's casting us as featured players in its beautiful glow, but its brilliance is on the move. Will you light up as it shines across the landscape and washes your way? Will you carry it with you or miss it altogether as you rush through your routine checking off your to do's? 

The shadows shift, the moment for inspiration comes and goes. Catch it while you can. Step into the early hours of what God is doing and allow his torch of inspiration to glow across the horizon to present you as his masterpiece...etched onto the landscape of your world. 


You too are on display...what will your life and the shadows you leave behind show and say today? 

I'll be at these link parties:

Inspiration Friday @ At the Picket Fence
Simple & Sweet Fridays @ Rooted In Thyme
Share the Love Wednesday @ Very Merry Vintage Style
Treasure Hunt Thursdays @ From my Front Porch to Yours
Tell it to Me Tuesday @ Creatively Living
Cowgirl Up @ Cedar Hill Ranch
Tuesday's Treasures @ My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Cure for the Common Monday @ Lines Across
Manic Mondays @ Serendipity & Spice
The Newbie Party @ Debbiedoos
Mop it Up Mondays @ I Should be Mopping the Floor
Say G'day Saturday @ Natasha in Oz
Think on These Things @ With a Grateful Prayer and a Thankful Heart
Get Schooled Saturday @ toomuchtime
It's a Hodgepodge Friday
Natural Nesters Naturally Nifty Link Party
Tickled Pink Friday @ 504main