A Certain Sunrise

It was a chili November morning on my way to school. Yes, the long walk across the street. I saw the magnificent colors warming the heavens in the east and continued to watch even in the warm, dim class room.

First the sky is so dark with just the deep red on the bottom.

Then the fire begins to blaze brighter.

Colors dash across the sky. 

Like waves of fog dyed with the blood of oranges.

Night runs away as dawn scatters its glory.

The heavens dance above a thousand little things that are lost in the majestic art. 

And the sun itself shimmers across the land.

Until it bursts forth and brightens the darkest soul with warmth and cheer.

Hallelujah! It's a brand new day. 

That day was about 3 and a half years ago.

Today

 

Today...

I got up early.

I took care of the dog.

I read my Bible.

I drove 45 minutes to get to the farm. 

Today I milked cows for the first time.

I scooped up manure.

I smacked a couple cows.

I spent the morning with a teenage boy. 

I had breakfast with strangers. 

And, I took that picture. It has nothing to do with anything. 

We still have have the day left, which means, house chores, exercise, tea, dog, etc. So, 

peace out!

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Spring Comes Late

Spring came so early last year, so it was interesting to have to wait longer this year. But, lately, it super has been coming on. So many flowers. They needed their pictures taken. I took care of that problem. 

The pear blossoms are sad and small.

There seems to be a lot of hyacinth this year. Such a good smelling flower.

Daffodils are kind of my thing. We have at least 3 variations, maybe 4. 

There is a TON of hellebore this year. Dude! I think they must like us or something because we seem to get more every year. 

Sometimes we get a random white one, but...

Most of them are purple. 

Periwinkle is so quaint. 

This daffodil has a really good smell. There was another variation in Minneapolis that had the most heavenly scent ever. 

Forsythia. Just a bunch of little yellow blooms all over the bushes. 

More periwinkle because it looks so pretty. 

A very poor looking azalea blossom. 

Not a flower, but kind of cool looking because it's so fresh and springy. 

Happy Sunday!

A Weekend

I went to TN again this weekend. It's actually been a while since the last time I was there, so it was really nice to be back. Funny thing was that on the way to work on Friday morning, I was thinking how I really wanted to go to Knoxville, and then later that day I found out it would actually be happening that weekend. Obviously, I was pretty happy. 

It was fun being with my friends again who I haven't seen in a while. We did a lot of things. One thing I discovered is that I really like badminton. I'm not good at it, of course, but it's really fun. Honestly, I was probably the loudest volley ball and badminton player out there. Sometimes I wonder how people deal with my odd personality. We girls weirded the men out by talking about nice looking feet and other subjects men are apparently not interested in. 

I think I laughed a lot and of course did some good old fighting as well. It seemed like the weekend was long and we did so much, but I guess it also went by too fast. I'm not a fan of saying goodbye.

I don't know when I'll get to see those friends again, so it's kind of sad, but I sure am glad I got to see them this weekend. 

Also, I saw the most glorious sunset in the mountains on the way home. Wowsers! There is something about a glowing orange sunset in the Appalachians that just makes you heart want to jump out of your chest. 

Crazy thing was that while I was driving away from the sunset, my favorite person was riding into the sunset. That's life, I guess. 

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