I have never been a big fan of Daylight savings time. I say leave it alone! When traveling I hate the time changes and the different ways of having to change around your schedule even though your body doesn't know that just because you have flown to the east coast it is now later or earlier or whatever it might be. You are still hungry at the same time and I want to sleep at the same time. But now you have to get up earlier or get an extra hour of sleep and make sure the clocks have changed. REALLY?
But, today, I have changed my mind about it all. I got up and when I left for work there was light instead of dark. And there was this glow of pinks and light blues in the big marshmallow clouds that brought on the noontime rain. I even stopped on the way to work to take some pictures by Sieltz River where it comes to the sea because it was so beautiful to be there at dawn. Then coming home I stopped at almost the same spot to take another couple of pictures of the last rays of sun catching the tops of the thunderheads moving out over the ocean as the sun set. It was incredible that I was able to be there for it. No, I was only traveling to and from work, but I think we forget in our daily busy life to notice the beauty around us in our own backyard.
I always want to see far away places, but I also know that I just have to look around and I will find a park or a beach or someplace close that I have not explored (especially now!). So, if I can't take a vacation, I can get to know my area and make sure that its natural beauty of the everyday things do not escape me. Even in the dead of winter or during a rainstorm there can be something that can restore and replenish your soul. With all the negative things going on in the world, I for one want to find the positive and the beauty and see if it will make me feel good. I want to laugh and enjoy them and share them with all of you.
I will really learn how to put pictures on here one of these days. Oh well, for now I will just enjoy Oregon's liquid sunshine.
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