BEAUTY    BEAUTY is a richly colored sunset at the end of a crisp autumn day. It's woods as far as the eye can see covered with a foot of new-fallen snow. It's a cat curled up in a small patch of afternoon sunlight, nose tucked under tail. It's a group of tiny puppies sleeping in a warm, furry heap. It's the moonlight glinting off of the easy waters just beyond a low dock in a shallow cove. It's the skyscrapers uptown all lit up at night. It's a Lab sitting in a dense thicket in the pale light of early morning, waiting for the familiar signal to split the air so that it can disappear into the woods for a clean retrieve. It's a blazing fire and a cozy hearth. It's brilliant lighting against a deep gray sky. It's fresh rain on the downs. BEAUTY is in the eye of the beholder.

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