It's rare these days for me to be up and around early enough to catch a sunrise (unlike my bad ol' working days, when I'd leave home in the dark and not return until long after sunset). But I got up early this morning to set out gifts for the guys who pick up our trash and recycling and to get the morning Oregonian. As I turned to walk back inside, I noticed that the sun was rising in the east, above the huge maple and oak trees in our neighbors' yards, and I decided I wanted to watch it a bit longer. So I came back inside, went out to the back deck (where there's a much better view) and stood out there, breathing in the cold, fresh air, and watched the sky change to a palette of rose and gold.
And I was really very glad to be alive.
About Me
- Libbi
- I'm starting my seventh decade (which means I just turned sixty!) on this planet, originally from the City of Brotherly Love, now living in beautiful Portland, Oregon. I have one son, a talented comic artist named Zack, who graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in May, 2007 and moved to Oregon a couple of months later. I share my life and home with one husband (a wonderful guy who seems able to do anything he sets his mind to) and three cats (Sam, a huge black-panther of a cat, Harley, a fat tortoise-shell beauty and Caruso, a sweet old guy we adopted from a nearby animal shelter). I have Multiple Sclerosis, but it doesn't have me.
4 comments:
I caught a flash of brilliant red-gold this morning through the foliage of the huge cedar outside our bedroom window. This is unusual; the sun must be far enough north and, miraculously, it wasn't socked in at sunrise. Unlike you, I was still in bed at the time. %^)
Amazing how we can continue to be suprised by the simple beauty of the natural world. I'm glad you got such a lovely start to the day.
xxood
I'm not sure life would be much more than drudgery without the ability to continually be surprised (and a little awed) by the beauty that surrounds us here. We are so damned lucky, y'know?
Yup, for sure.
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