The Morning in Pictures

It rained last night and I wasn't expecting it so the bag of goat minerals got a little wet. It will dry. An inconvenience but the rain is so welcome, that small things like that don't seem to matter in the big scheme of things. I wonder how many things in life are like that, if we look deeply at them ? Waiting at a red light, standing in a long line, waiting on the phone, that sort of thing. Will they matter to us in two months time ? Probably not, so its almost like waisting our energy, our thoughts on things that don't really matter when you look at the big picture.

The morning is gorgeous. The grass so green you can almost feel the color. The sunshine so golden, filling in the spaces between the branches. The air is soft and still free from the heat that comes with the afternoon hours. I find myself lingering outside, no rush to get the chores done.

Pepper is more than willing to play with me, so we chase the basketball together and she shows off her skills at playing "fetch". She ends her play time with a splash about in the pool.

The garden has dictated what lunch will be, cucumber sandwiches with tomatoes on the side. Life is good !

A very tall sunflower, with lots of bugs crawling up the stalk

A busy bee on that same sunflower (you might want to click the picture to see the bee better)

Pepper drying herself off after her morning swim
Dill in bloom

the mint and lavender garden

fern hanging in an oak tree

tomatoes still green but huge

Pepper, the next NBA Champ

The potato fork hidden by sunflowers

breakfast time !