An aspect of our cross country travels that has continued to be a gift here at home
is seeing each new morning just as though we were on the road.
Stepping out into the backyard to find a new spider's web on the bird house
and to really look at the horse skull, to see how much calcium those squirrels have chewed off in just a few months
We put up my Christmas houses, but Leslie added this funky old light I found at a garage sale years ago. She saw that it reminded her of the Aurora Borealis, and all agree it's quite brilliant!
Our pond in the early morning light
With koi swimming in the branches and blue sky
The inscrutable Miss Anna, ever watchful.
And even more watchful, our early morning visitor: a Cooper's Hawk
We were eating breakfast, and there he was, waiting for his breakfast. '
He had his eyes on our neighbor's chickens.
The next morning they were still clucking, so he was out of luck, it seems.
This time, anyway.
Among many of the things I love about California are the trees.
Redwoods and oaks grow next to palm trees. It's so random!
There were lots of hours in the day, and I can't say exactly what we did during the day. But it was a very good day.
And ended with the walk to the park with the dogs, and just a beautiful a sunset in our own neighborhood as we'd seen in Michigan and Vermont and Texas. No ancient pictographs, but some graffiti. And no moose or alligators, but that's really ok.
There is a kind of bliss for me in this appreciation of random moments, even in every day life.
Especially in every day life.
This day was a great gift! RJ
“Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson