If one looks up
If one sets aside the work
If one pays attention to something other than details
If one puts down the ‘device’
If one raises one’s eyes to see something else
If one looks out the window once in awhile
One might see something
… unexpected
… kinda cool
… sorta comical
… graceful in a goofy sort of way
… maybe beautiful
… maybe not
… but interesting
… And delightful nonetheless
If one just looks up.
Unexpected Delight… Today’s Gift
What is black, white and red and found in the cosmos?
Hmmm? Tough question.
There are lots of red, white and black things.
The Cosmos is huge.
Hint?
It flies.
Lots of things fly.
Not much help is it?
Okay. How about this?
It flutters when it flies.
Ah, that narrows it down…
To about a million fluttery things.
Did I mention that it’s black, white and red?
Do you mean like black and white and read all over?
Nope.
Different riddle.
Try this
Think cosmos
Okay
Space, planets, celestial spheres, galaxies
Orion, the dippers, comets, the moon…
Not that Cosmos
These cosmos
Ah, now we’re getting somewhere!
Thinking…
Black, white, red
Flutters as it flies
In the cosmos,
Not to be confused with THE Cosmos
Last hint
Think naval
No! Not that one
I got it!
Naval as in nautical, not bellybutton
White, red and black
Flutter flying
Among the cosmos and and also within THE Cosmos
A Red Admiral butterfly
Unexpected delight
*****
Today’s gift.
Black juicy sweet orbs,
Delightful summer time treat
Seeds stuck in my teeth
Shining silky cloud
Hammocked amid grassy poles
Invitingly safe
My usual walking routine is to wake up, get ready and go. I walk alone.
This past week my routine changed in that I got up, got ready and went, still alone, but walked in three different states.
Different states, means…
different paths…
different people and things along the way….
Different states, paths, people, things… always alone.
Wait! Not alone! No matter the state, type of path, people or things, I’m never alone. Over the course of a multitude of morning meanderings, I have come to realize that every day, I have Jesus walking with me.
Today’s gift.
“… and walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8
“This is the day the Lord has made…”
Today’s gift.
I needed a clock for my workroom, so, over the course of the last 6 months, I made one.
I thought about what I needed and a plan evolved. With my slightly less than average woodworking skills and undiscovered and mostly non-existent art skills, I went to work.
Click on the link to see how it went. The Clock.mp4
It’s raining today. Of course, pictures of trillium would be interesting with droplets of rain water on them. Especially if the flowers are open. No guarantees there, though. It would be a 30 minute walk to the trillium patch, in the rain that is with us for the day. So, it would be silly to make the attempt. Right? I’d be soaked. My camera would get too wet. I should just wait. Hmmm….
So I did. I stayed close to home. I got a little wet. The trillium would have to wait.
Rain. Today’s gift.
Walk as Children of Light 