Cold and loving it

Exploring. One of my favorite things in life. In the different places to which I've travelled, my favorite thing is to explore. Walk and meander around... Find a random place to get tea... Go up and down hills... I do the same thing with people. I want to know all about them and what they're passionate about. I like getting past the surface and beyond the beaten path with most things. And I'm learning that the potential for that is everywhere. Yes, everywhere.

Today was a great day of all of that. My friend Grace and I went to Yellow Springs. It's a little town near by that is the opposite of Cedarville in so many ways. It's still small, but has a hippie-sort-of-flare. Our goal was to walk around and take pictures to further develop our photography skills, all the while getting to talk and spill our souls. It was absolutely freezing, adding another point to my life of favorite experiences that have happened in the intense cold. Here's some shots from the day...


Walking around Yellow Springs town...








Yellow Springs gets its name from an actual spring that's more orange than yellow flowing nearby. We decided to venture out to find that as well.











After we took as many pictures as possible before our fingers lost feeling, we got some coffee at the Emporium, a small coffee shop with yellow walls, old persian rugs, and chipping wooden floors. Coffee for a dollar and a quarter. When all was said and done, we decided to make this a weekly tradition.

I'm learning a lot lately. Learn. A slightly overused word. I'm processing. I'm wrong a lot, and seeing that. I'm seeing and hearing new ideas and thoughts. I'm rediscovering things I've heard most of my life as if they are new. Yes, learning.