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The Weather

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There’s been a lot of talk about the weather these days. From the west coast to the east and everywhere in between it’s been weather! weather! weather!

Realizing there’s nothing I can do about it, today, I decided rather than talk about the weather it was time to explore some of the effects of the weather. 

So, on this very cold, sunny, cloudless day, with a nearby creek swollen by recent rains, I risked frozen fingers to try the ‘five shot’ challenge. Could I take five photos worthy of posting in the blog?

Here’s what I came up with…

Today’s gift.

This Morning’s Walk

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I was up early this morning.  I wasn’t sleeping and the much hyped lunar eclipse making its way across the sky called my name.  So, I got up.  Dressed for the 35 degree morning, I grabbed my camera and stepped outside.  Through the bare trees and thickening clouds I saw the last bit of reflected sunlight succumb to the earth’s shadow creeping across the moon’s face, totally eclipsing it.

And that was it.  By the time I was out for my walk, the clouds pretty much covered the sky and ended any hope of viewing the moon continuing its cycle.  Disappointing, to be sure.

However, another sight was in the making in the east.  Remember those clouds that covered the lunar eclipse?  They teamed up with the rising sun this morning to make for a most delightful sunrise.

Today’s sunrise and lunar eclipse were among the blessings of today’s early walk this crisp November morning.  Morning walks… the days’ gifts.

“Morning by morning new mercies I see…”

Dahlia (2)

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The grand dahlia experiment is about over.  Last spring I planted three tubers.  In September I had one flower bloom.  And today, in late October, just after an evening and early morning of below freezing temps, I can report and show Dahlia #2.

It’s a beauty and worth the wait.

With the coming of frost, is the grand dahlia experiment now over?  Not quite.  There are tubers to harvest, divide, store and to be replanted in the spring.  Each step is something new for me and an opportunity to learn about and enjoy a small part of the Creator’s world.

Today’s gift.

Why Do Hummingbirds Hum?

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The afternoon settled in …

Cool, gray, empty

Looking for meaningful activity, pondering important things … 

I settled in

A book at hand and camera at the ready…

Looking …

For the elusive hummingbird 

And then

So, the question remains…

Hummingbirds hum because … why?

They’re happy… ?

And it’s hard to smile with that pointy beak

Echolocation…? 

That’s a batty idea

Looking for a mate?

Hmmmm…

So why DO hummingbirds hum?

Anyone can tell you…

It’s because they don’t know the words!

Or maybe they do

“This is my Father’s world… 

the birds their carols raise… 

declaring their Maker’s praise.”

Today’s gift.

My Dahlia

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I planted

Just at the right time 

Late spring 

A tuber

I waited

It sprouted

Right through the soil

Right on schedule 

Green leaves

I waited

It grew

Taller, branching out

Just as predicted

More green

I waited

It thrived

Basking in the sunshine 

Blooming time approaching 

No buds

I waited

It continued 

Growing in good soil, drinking pure water

Doing what dahlias are created to do with

No flower

No bud

No hope?

Yet, I waited

Then

It budded 

Round, smooth swelling

In anticipation of

A flower 

I waited

I waited

I waited some more

Then

Behind schedule… My schedule?

It bloomed

A single yellow pinwheel of petals

Right on time, the Creator’s time

A gift

Today’s gift. Worth the wait.

Gray Day

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In the beginning when God created, the world contained the substances and processes to produce today’s gray, foggy day.  A gray day.  God’s creation.

In the beginning when God created all, even the stuff of gray days, he pronounced his creation good.  So, I’m not complaining.  In the midst of the grayness, if one pays attention, one can find surprising moments of delight, also the work of the Creator.

In the beginning when God created, he had a plan.  Today is part of that plan.  Gray day or not, pay attention to the gifts the Creator sends your way. 

  ______________ today’s gift, from God the Creator to you.

Morning Walks…

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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