On these hot hot days I'm generally out the door as soon as it thinks about getting light out. Sometimes Charlie and I take a walk to on the gravel road to greet the day.
In some ways I think this is the best part of the day.
In some ways I think this is the best part of the day.
At least it is right now. It is cooler and the Air Quality Alerts aren't so bad.
Mary Oliver says it quite well so I don't have to.
Olive's Flower Garden
Why I Wake Early
Hello, sun in my face
Hello, you who make the morning
and spread it over the fields
and into the faces of tulips
and the nodding morning glories,
and into the windows of, even, the
miserable and the crotchety---
...
Watch, now, how I start the day
in happiness, in kindness.
This is lovely, my dear.❤️
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely poem!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful post! Thank you. I am an early riser. I love to see the night drain away and light appear and this time of year to hear birds awake. Take Care, Kaye
ReplyDeleteStunning photos of the Poppies! I am so not a morning person:)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I know you aren't and my hubby is NOT a morning person. But when he gets up early and crowds my 'quiet' time, I get grumpy if I am in the house.
DeleteSo best thing for me is quiet time while walking!
Great way to begin a day!! Wish I was wired to be a morning person. As you know I am up early, but not awake. Beautiful backlit photos! Poppies are such interesting flowers. So delicate yet tough, all in the same plant. I used to grow a soft peach variety at my old home.
ReplyDeleteI was never wired that way until I had a job that required me to get up at 3am to I could work a 4 to 4 shift part time. Eventually, after not working all those odd hours, it just came to me...I wake up and enjoy that peace and quiet.
DeleteIn the summer it is as soon as it gets a wee bit light out.
Usually I am in bed by Dark:Thirty though.