There are a few things that I don't enjoy about living in Las Vegas.

The heat.

The lack of green things.

But most of all, the mountains.

Yes. There are mountains in Vegas. But they are brown and ugly.

Growing up in Utah, I was always surrounded by lovely mountains covered with green and snow. It's been rough living in the presence of these brown monstrosities. 

This past weekend I was in Salt Lake visiting my cousins (more pictures to come soon), and I ran around feeling giddy about how gorgeous the mountains were.

I don't miss how cold it is in Utah, even in May.

But I do miss these mountains.

Things get bad sometimes. For everyone.

But even though everything may feel lonely, ugly and sad...

...there is always something beautiful to be found to brighten your day.

This flower brought such a big smile to my face.

It was sitting all alone in a pot, but was the happiest thing in the area.

It's beautiful.

What is beautiful in your life today?

When I realize that I would have missed this perfect spring morning if I had been sleeping, it makes me feel a lot better about my internal alarm clock going off before the sun rises.

Morning sunlight. Another thing to add to my list of things I love.

It's not really springtime until the grass is green and you can lie on it and watch the clouds roll by...

But guess what?

It's officially springtime.

This world is beautiful.

I've been thinking lately.

I want an easier way to correspond with all of you!

So I have created a Facebook page for Simply Kate! There we can have discussions and I can interact with all of you easier than I can here on the blog!

There's a button in the sidebar! Come join me on Facebook!

I also just signed up for BlogLovin'! There's a button for that in the sidebar too!