for the glory of the skiesfor the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies
Lord of all to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise
Folliott S. Pierpoint
The colors this autumn have been magnificent. I drove around after work looking for the most beautiful tree. I couldn't actually get a good photo of the tree i wanted, so I took off on a walk around my neighborhood. Not the best shot ever, and the color just didn't show up as well as I would like, but here it is anyway.
I am attempting to find some beauty every day. The amount of alone time I have now seems a bit overwhelming at times and I need to remind myself that there is beauty to be found in every day.
The color red, one of my favorites has been really prevalent in the trees in my neighborhood. It is also the color associated with my favorite baseball team, who by the way just won the WORLD SERIES. I have actually had the good fortune to see my team win the world series 3 times, and I am old enough to remember 1964 and 1967 although being a teenage girl then I just barely remember. But 2006 was so memorable because I was in Scotland with my Dad visiting my daughter and we got up to head for the train station to get to the airport very early; we switched on the telly and were able to see the Cardinals win the World Series. My dad proudly wore his red Cardinal hat all over Scotland, trying to get some information on how the series was going. I think I will remember this 2011 victory for a long time. Even though I had to watch game 7 alone, it was so thrilling. In 1982 my dad and I celebrated with champagne. For this win I celebrated by breaking the seal on my bottle of Oban 14 yr single malt, which i procured in Oban with my other daughter, while visiting her in May.
So I will continue to remember to find the beauty in each day, and not dwell on all that alone time I have now. For today, I found the early morning sky filled with the most beautiful and brilliant stars. The cool crisp air and the brilliance of the stars should be plenty of beauty to get me through today.
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