A lot has happened in the past two weeks, and I haven’t had a chance to stay up-to-date here in Blog Land. So for the curious, here’s a tiny peek into recent happenings around here and beyond.
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The Perfect Summer Day
This morning started out like my favorite kind of summer morning, although we’ve still got over a month to wait for official summer to arrive. The only thing missing was a slightly warmer temperature!
A perfect summer morning begins after an overnight soaking rain, the sky slowly clearing to make way for the sun.
Tiny raindrops cling to flower petals, creating miniature visions of an upside-down world.
Sunshine begins warming the soil, which in turn sends up an earthy fragrance of praise to God as if to say, “Thank you for the refreshment!”
The grass everywhere is a deep emerald green, a hue only seen after the rain.
The birds begin singing their morning melodies, trying to outdo one another in praising God for another day of life.
The air slowly warms with the sunrise, and invites deep cleansing breaths to begin the day afresh.
Now it’s your turn!
What does a just-right summer day look like to you? I’d love to hear about it!
Today I wrote in response to the Hope*Writers May 3 prompt to describe my perfect summer day.
How?
How does a horse’s body read the hours of sunlight to know when to shed its winter coat?
How do the seeds buried in the ground over winter start sprouting at just the right time in the spring?
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Explore: Five Minute Friday Prompt
Groves and Hammocks
Creation feeds me. Being out in it feeds my soul, and there’s always something new to learn that feeds my mind!
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The Original Biophilic Designer
For a great number of us, nature calls loudly. It calls us out of our neat, hard-walled boxes and into the wild. Sadly, we can’t always answer that call, and must remain for the time being inside the confines of our manmade dens.
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Lauri Hawley 