What is the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?

[bertha katzenengel]

The faces of my niece and nephews, every time I've ever seen them, whenever I will see them in the future. They are my heart. Their ages are 23, 20 and 17, but age doesn't matter. They're beautiful.

my youngest nephew in 2005


You?

[MissMillie]

1. My folks... still hugging after 62 years of being together

they'll celebrate 58 years of marriage this year, and they knew each other for 4 years before that.

I had dinner w/ them this Sunday, and right in the middle of prepping the meal, my mom just turned around and gave my dad a big hug.

It brought tears to my eyes. Few people are so lucky to have this sort of longevity with love. I'm immensely jealous that my mom and dad met their soul mates when they were 12 and 15, respectively.

I'm very lucky to have been brought up in such love, and to know the security of having parents who truly love each other and would do anything for one another.

[hellbound-liberal]

8. Your parents are truly fortunate! I wish them many more years of wedded bliss.

:toast:

[MsKandice01]

20. Your parents are so lucky to have found love like that...

And you're fortunate to have them. Wishing them many more years of love, life and happiness.

[Beaverhausen]

40. That helps explain why they have really cool daughters

and sons, no doubt. I've just never met any of your brothers! :hug:

[Jamastiene]

2. Kurt holding his baby.

RIP Kurt.

[Maine-ah]

3. it's a tie between seeing my daughter for the first time

and my husband's face the first time he saw her too. :hi:

[BOSSHOG]

4. My Wife

The most beautiful sight in my life for the past 34 years.

[datasuspect]

5. the unity of all knowledge

[YankeyMCC]

6. 3 Things

My new born son when the nurse handed him to me.

Moon rise over Mt Isolation

And this:



The reason for it's beauty is the story behind it, that is my son at the end of a long hike that included two 4K peaks and he trooped through it with good cheer and enthusiasm even with ill fitting boots that were causing him considerable pain towards the end of the day.

[lazyriver]

7. The sun breaking through a rain drenched canopy of moss-

covered trees in Washington's Olympic National Park as my wife and I were hiking was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. It was a fleeting moment of beauty that I can't really describe except to say that the 30 seconds or so when the sun bathed everything in a strange golden glow seemed to last for several hours. You could see, hear and smell the forest gasp with delight to receive the rare gift of intense sunlight and just as the moment reached its brightest point, an elk bugled from a thicket about 100 yards in front of me. I get chills thinking about that moment even to this day, 14 years later.

[dropkickpa]

9. This

I still get a little misty when I see it. I love the Muppets, and miss Jim Henson terribly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AdFA6WWJ7E

[Cant trust em]

33. When I first saw this I thought you were talking about your sig pic

My brain are slow today.

[MonkeyFunk]

10. something like this

Being 80 feet under water in a kelp forest, with sunlight streaming through.

[DS1]

11. DD-214

I ran a victory lap around my barracks with it in hand

[hobbit709]

38. Yep!

I sent a postcard to my former commander with the line from Tommy
"I'm free and freedom tastes of reality"

[jmowreader]

42. For all you civilians...

a DD-214 is the form you get to prove you were discharged from the military.

[skygazer]

12. The Grand Canyon at dawn on a January morning

My 40th birthday. Talk about putting your presence on earth in perspective!

[azmouse]

13. Snow in the desert just outside of Tucson.

It was in Dec '90 and we were walking in the desert. It was very quiet and very cold. Small snowflakes started falling. Seeing the giant saguaro cactus with a dusting of snow is a site not soon forgotten.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. Most beautiful things---

My daughter, my wife walking down the aisle.

Most beautiful non-living thing:

Ichetucknee Springs, Florida

[livetohike]

15. The first time I snorkeled on the Great Barrier Reef

It took my breath away - literally. I was choking on salt water :-).

[ghostsofgiants]

16. A can of Ol' Glory energy drink.

http://www.olglory.com/

It is made from pureed eagles and George W. Bush's ball sweat.

(On a serious note, I really don't know. Lots to choose from.)

[WinkyDink]

17. Besides my mom:

[Lindsey]

18. Driving up the coast in CA from Ventura to San Francisco....

I wish I knew how to post pictures. It's simply magical....I could never describe how beautiful visually and the incredible vibe that is Big Sur....

[livetohike]

22. Do Google Images and right click on the picture you like

Go down to Properties and click, then copy the URL and paste the URL into your post. :hi:

[MsKandice01]

19. My son...

I'm always constantly amazed that my body was involved in created something so precious.

[Lindsey]

21. He's beautiful!...n/t

[WinkyDink]

32. Gorgeous eyes!

[Missy Vixen]

23. My husband took me up onto the hills in the Presidio

late at night several years ago. The San Francisco Bay was spread out in front of us as far as the eye could see. I'll never forget the silence, the moonlight gleaming off the water, and did I mention the silence?

It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Second is Kauai.

Julie

[Arugula Latte]

29. I was going to say Kauai, as well (the Napali Coast in particular)

and, also, I used to have an apartment that had a sweeping view of San Francisco Bay. It was simply breathtaking. The rent was cheap back then, too, Lol. I never got tired of staring out the window at the sunlight, the water, fog, the bridges, the Berkeley Hills, etc. etc.

And, personally, the faces of my son and daughter ... :loveya:

[LibertyLover]

24. My daughter's face, when I saw her

for the first time.

[applegrove]

25. Definitely babies. After that... the pieta or the rockies.

[Lyric]

26. One little red face peeking out at me

from under a knitted cap and a blanket, on the day my son Brendan was born.

It still amazes me that my body could have produced such a beautiful, perfect person.

[Skittles]

35. every parent does that

:)

[Fox Mulder]

27. Oh geez...I don't know.

I've seen so much beauty in this world that it's hard to pick just one thing.

[DarkTirade]

28. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

[zanne]

30. One winter morning in the Berkshires...

There had been an ice storm the night before and I was having a hard time driving on a back road. All of a sudden, the sun came out and made the trees light up like diamonds. It was so striking, I was overwhelmed and pulled over. I sat there in awe for a long time.

[Debi]

31. My baby boy (who is now 19)

The day he was born and I could only hold him for a little while until he was taken away to be air-lifted to another hospital for emergency surgery. I wasn't able to hold him (really hold him) for another month. I remember when he was a baby just sitting in our rocking chair for hours rocking and starting at him. *sigh* I love him so much. Thanks for reminding me bk!

[XemaSab]

34. Purple Gallinule

[nuxvomica]

36. The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Photographs fail to convey the vibrant colors and mind-bending tromp l'oeil -- the figures appear to be hanging in space. The total effect is indescribably beautiful.

[Ellen Forradalom]

37. my newborn son's little halo of golden hair

After nearly 9 years he's still the most beautiful sight in my day.

[triguy46]

39. Chaco Canyon

[GreenPartyVoter]

41. My babies, but in particular the first time I met them outside of the womb :^)