We learned from uncounted generations that the best way to experience
all the natural world has to offer is from something that floats, or possibly
in a pinch, a remote campsite in a distant place.
Folks who study this phenomenon have not been able to
explain why we humans are convinced, beyond rationality, that whatever is just beyond
our reach must be better than what we have at the moment.
HideAway has been hard aground
because of a patio
construction project. No, she’s not
getting a patio, and she is not happy about it.
When at last we found and laid the final brick we celebrated the achievement
by having our evening meal on our new veranda.
It was late on a warm spring afternoon. The sun was low in the sky partially shielded
by our sun-fence, a group of oaks planted years ago. Linda pointed to a hawk doing lazy circles on a thermal far
above us.
The soaring hawk was high enough that the rays of the
setting sun illuminated it from underneath.
The hawk’s wings and body glowed golden,
then silver, as it glided in the light, all the while surrounded by an
impossibly blue sky. A slight wind mixed
with jasmine and orange blossoms held us captive in their intoxicating
fragrance.
The moment could not have been more perfect
When your days are harsh and troubles seem none stopping, as
many have recently, it’s good to remember that every now and then nature will
provide a soothing moment of breath taking beauty and peace.
Perhaps in your own back yard -- Just outside of your doors.
