Week Twenty One - Rise and Be Shiny

Mornings in the Spring are truly a little piece of heaven. Sitting in my backyard, looking up at the small, lush, mountain which is home to the ledges trail, I can imagine right about where the viewpoint is. Only this morning, I can't quite see it anymore because over the course of a few weeks, nature has fully awakened and filled in every nook and cranny.  This is the second day in row I've woken up before 6 AM to head outside in the quiet morning light to soak up some green goodness before the rest of my day gets rolling.  Its hard to imagine just a few short months ago that the trees were bare, the grass was brown and the ground was covered with snow. This transition from the cold, slow Winter to the alive, active Spring often feels like it takes forever, and then once its here feels like it always has been.  

The past few days we've seen more summery than springy temps, which I think prompted me to rise earlier than normal, hoping to enjoy the outdoors some before the heat and humidity got to heavy. As the sweet Irene Gibson, mother extraordinaire to my husband, says in the early mornings:  "Rise and be shiny!"  So yesterday I snuck out before my kiddo was up, hopped on my bike and rode over to the trail head.

Somehow in the warm weather, sweat is more inviting.  Or maybe just expected, thereby seeming more normal?  Or maybe because it was still a cool morning and not a hot day yet, it just felt good to get my blood pumping.  Many a hiker were out yesterday with similar notions.  Many a bird, many a squirrel (no doubt friends of Sir Knight's), many a leaf... all quite good company.  I wondered what might come to mind as cruised on up.  Garden.  Book reports.  Canoe camping.  New books too read.  The illusive internship to plan.  Not much took root, however, which was rather delightful.  It felt good to let go of the things on my mind.  I felt prompted by the Spring to just grow, breath, enjoy, walk. 

This morning as sit and write, my child has since joined me, the sun has since popped over the hill, and I feel prompted to get my day going.  I feel tapped into the movement of the day and the lists of my life are beginning to run.  My intention, however, is to bring the serenity from the wee morning hours with me, as the day gets rolling and the sun gets cooking.  Grateful for my morning retreat, its time once again to "rise and be shiny!"