Shades of Dawn

Sunrise through the trees

I awoke before the sun today and enjoyed the magical moments of its golden glow as it slowly rose out of the pastel clouds and up over the valley in the eastern sky. What a time to reflect on life and be thankful for its blessings! I stepped outside the cabin to breathe in the cool mountain air and feel life course through my very being. The birds sweetly welcomed the new day with their joyous songs.

Beech trees all aglow

The morning light makes everything gleam. The brittle beech leaves, retained by the trees throughout the winter months, shimmered in the sun light. Even though the landscape is still stark, the sun cast a decorative glow on everything. Before the sun was fully up, the sky was a soft, dusky shade of periwinkle blue.

Blue skies and puffy white clouds

The sky turned a brilliant turquoise hue within minutes after the sun rose. Today is the kind of day that brings back childhood memories of laying on your back, gazing up at the cottony, white clouds above and finding all sorts of fun shapes among them.

~ A beautiful, care free, sunny sky day.