Posts by Allan Lacoste

Cooking in the clouds

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Cooking in the clouds

Have you ever cooked in the clouds? Watching the clouds trickle across the sky is like watching a TV episode that never airs reruns. It’s always new and original and you can never be sure of what the mysterious skies will show you next. Just like snowflakes, every cloud is different. You can lay out in your backyard and even though you know where you are, you can easily get lost in the clouds that sail by overhead. Oh luxurious cloud, with folds so soft and fair, swimming across the sky without the slightest care. Their fleeces are drenched in sunlight, while below the shadowy vale of cloud cover creeps ever slowly. If you can paint with all the colors of the wind surely you can cook with all the ingredients you can find hidden in the clouds.

Another Day

Nature

When the sun goes down, it’s like the day is resetting itself. While stunningly beautiful, the sunset itself is something that we all take for granted because it’s nothing truly amazing really. In fact, every one of us can witness it nearly every day if we wanted to. However, sometimes you can catch the sky just right as the reset happens, creating a glitch effect. The clouds wave in and out as if the viewer is beginning a euphoric trip in reality. Just before the sun crests over the mountain range in the distance, even it seems to be stuck in some sort of distortion. While the trees remain untouched, they will slowly fade to black, and soon everything else around it. It was all just another big reset.

Feeling Squirrely

Nature

Trekking through nature never fails to provide me with the most amazing sights. Even though I hail from this beautiful planet that we call earth, some of the things I’ve seen on my journeys are otherworldly. Aside from the alluring visuals and vivid colors that mother nature paints with, there are also a bunch of living, breathing, animal companions out there as well. In this instance, I was taken back by a little red squirrel who had claimed an old oak as his own. Perched high up in the dead branches the pocket-sized critter keeps an eye on his surroundings. He stares at me as I harmlessly capture him in a few photos. It was as if he knew when I had finished the impromptu photo shoot because once I put my camera down, he went back on about his business scurrying all around his tree.

Alpine Lake

Nature

The base of the mountains seems to disappear into the surface of the lake, as its peaks extend high into the powder blue sky. The light and fluffy snow that had fallen a few days ago is still strewn across the jagged face of the towering rocks. A picture-perfect reflection is muffled by a calm fluttering breeze rippling across the surface of the water. As I visually take in the beautiful alpine landscape I’m left breathless at the mesmerizing colors that appear before me. Shades of vibrant and faded greens give way to vivid and endless blue skies that slowly trickle by overhead. The lake hued in its dark emerald tints makes its way from the footplates to the mountains off in the distance, almost as if everything in the vicinity exists for the sole purpose of accompanying the frigid waters.

The Magic of the Desert is Hard to Define

Nature

The arid air of the blustery desert is a feeling that is oftentimes better experienced than explained. The sun’s beams feel like warm kisses from a flame, but without the dreadful humidity, it’s far more palpable. The soft sand gently gives way under your feet and with a handful of the tiny crystals, you can watch it fall through your hands like sands through an hourglass. There’s nothing for miles yet there’s so much to see. The warm breeze draws curves in the landscapes which creates the most beautiful artwork in contrast to the deep blue sky. Dangers lurk everywhere yet keeping a calm mind and using educated thought will ensure that you safely enjoy all the tranquility the desert has to offer and witness the secrets that it’s willing to show you.