7:19 am - 7:37 am
I stand on the snow covered deck, clad in my robe, coat, hat, winter boots. Watching the sunrise. A different view today as the shrubbery, grasses, flat surfaces - are covered with snow. The air - crisp, cold. All around, stillness.
Trees, defrocked, dressed only in the varying hues of sunrise. Silence surrounds me as I soak in the morning's sunrise, pivoting slowly in a half arc: east, north, west - much as one rotates a photo when cropping it. I breathe deeply the cold air - refreshing. A lone bird flies across my horizon; momentarily the sun brightens the windows on the apartment building across the Avenue, creating a golden mirror-line effect.
Time to step back inside...
Time to make tea...
Time to plan today's activities...
Time to give thanks .