One Morning in Spring

One of my most favorite things to do in the spring is to go outside on a mild morning and just sit and listen.  The nature is so alive and so very suddely opposite of the way it's been for all the months of winter sleep.  I like to sit and just soak it all in.

This morning (not the morning I took these photos, btw) I woke up before dawn, had a quick workout and cool down, and then made my coffee and took it outside on the deck to watch the sunrise.  The mist on the mountains and the sunlight coming throught the clouds were exactly the kind of peaceful beauty I have been craving.

All too soon each day the world fills up with the ugly noise of neighbors mowing (constantly mowing) and ATVs, motorcycles, cars, and ridiculously loud conversations had by slimy neighbors on their cell phones, playing their awful music, and noise, noise, noise.  There are far better things to hear in this world on a spring morning, than the sounds of so many people oblivious to the whole wide world outside themselves. 

Not a moment or two, but a whole hour I was able to listen to the birds and the wind and watch the bluejays build their nest.  I watched the sun kiss the mountaintop good morning on its way into the clouds before I heard the first rumblings of the people waking up.  I wish there could be more moments like this, but I will surely take what I can get.

Outfit Info:  Chateau Paper Day dress from Selkie