Favorite Quotes

"In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks" -- John Muir

"A bubbling brook will lose it's song if you remove the rocks." --unknown

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched; they must be felt with the heart." -- Helen Keller

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about dancing in the rain." -- unknown




Monday, January 1, 2018

New Beginnings



Monday, January 1, 2018 

Hello 2018! 

What an amazing beginning to a new year.

I awoke at 2:30 in the morning and could not go back to sleep to save my life. So I got up, opened the back door and greeted the new year.  And what a view!  The full moon lit everything up so brightly, it was almost like daylight. This is the “Super Moon” - the “Wolf Moon” as some tribes called it. So named because this was the time of year wolves could be heard howling with hunger. 

The moonlight splashed over everything. I doubt even a mouse could move without being seen. The snow was unbroken and looked like marshmallow creme in the pasture. The air was cold, crisp and refreshing. To even take a breath filled my lungs with the a feeling of cleansing. The air was completely still; silent in the new year morning. Not even the owls were calling.

I stood there for what seemed like forever, but was probably one a few minutes. I was cold but didn’t want to close the door. To be witness to what Mother Nature provided, and to feel such a sense of freshness and renewal was almost overwhelming. I wish I would have thought to try and get a photo.

Here’s to a new year full of promise, adventure and possibilities - it’s going to be a good one!
 
Signs of Significance:
  Today there was ten more minutes of daylight that there was on the WinterSolstice!
   78 days until Spring!

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