Hope Springs Eternal!

I decided this week that I live in a noisy neighborhood! I so enjoy early mornings and I often will go outside and watch the sun make its way up.

A week ago I was out when it was still very dark out. As soon as the very first notion of any light happened on the horizon I noticed that the birds started waking up and letting the world know of the soon to be sun rise. In fact, they saw the light before I did. I don’t recall noticing just that quietness and then the stirring of life before. It struck me and got my attention.

Once those first risers were awake the rest of the bird world began to stir and I was serenaded so beautifully. And the once very quiet neighborhood was not so anymore.

Yesterday for the very first time this season I was able, thanks to my husband, to sit out on my deck in the morning hours and sip my coffee in my favorite place and chair and soak up the lovely spring world around me. It was heaven. My body and spirit so needed that! I was bundled up of course and the coffee helped keep me warm. But there is hope.

In the afternoon I worked in my flower beds clearing winter debris and think that I could actually see the yard greening up as I worked and watched. What a wonderful and so badly needed day!

I was of course crippled after wards from crawling around and am very thankful for Ibuprofen! Those muscles of mine aren’t as young as they used to be!

We have only one small pile of snow left out front this morning too….hope!

What are you savoring this spring?