Have you noticed the afternoon light? So much gold. I wonder if it appears even more so against the earthy palette of the late autumn landscape.
It is less than three weeks until the solstice. With days so short, I am finding it hard to fit in an afternoon walk. How about you?
Before I begin, (and because some friends have asked) Chris did bake an apple pie and we tucked into it before it had cooled. That was Wednesday night. Thursday we had it for breakfast and dessert. Then it was gone.
The days before and after Thanksgiving are our busiest of the year. They are full of poinsettias, red ribbon, wreaths and trees. Piles of wreaths stacked in the dooryard fill the air with the fresh fragrance of balsam. This year, this COVID year, we are busy not for weeks but for days. I am grateful for what it is. In between phone and holiday zoom visits with family, we made deliveries to nearly vacant loading docks and empty of employee buildings. It seemed the best way to social distance and get the job done, especially so with the ‘pause’ starting today. I was able to fit in a couple walks through the woods, staying mostly on small rarely used side trails in a local park to avoid others out to enjoy the late warm weather.
As I began to write this post, my phone rang with an emergency alert. The hospitals in Rhode Island are at capacity. Please, please, be careful. A family member told us this weekend that she, as a medical professional working in hospital, has been informed that they will be given a vaccine on December 15. We’re getting there.
We all just need to hold on for a while longer!
I’ve had this picture ready to post for a few days. I keep waiting for the words to come that I wanted to accompany it. It’s something to do with looking beyond the surface, reflection and gratitude. On finding beauty in the ordinary.
Have a good weekend!
Beautiful. And your words are perfect, giving us the concept but allowing the specifics to be determined individually.
There’s a lot of beauty in the ordinary!
2 responses to “Walk With me Wednesday”
I can’t walk on a week day now, it’s dark when I get home from work. I cross my fingers for continued good weather on Sundays.
I’ve been enjoying the cold crisp evening dog walks with the beautiful moon the last few days. Even this far south (NCentral Florida) the sun is gone by the time I’m done with work. The sunsets, when I start my walk, are magnificent. Then the moon is up and it’s so bright it’s almost like walking in a spotlight.