sunrise  is what Mama and I saw on our January 3. 2024 walk. That day she took photos of me in the beautiful sunshine and  we are thankful for sunshine that makes the world beautiful and also makes ME beautiful. Make that Handsome please!

Thursday morning, we had to wait a little while before we walked, it was lightning. It was good we did because when we got to the 4 way stop Mama said Beau I want you to STAY so I can get a photo of the sunrise. I said, is this where you want me to stay?

She said this is perfect, and I stayed and she said not yet the phone was on the wrong setting.

I STAYED and she got this

and This. 

I stood insdie the front door as Mama walked out on the porch. It was 6:15 and she puts on her walking clothes at 6:30. She was out there 87 hours.

She came inside and said we now have a spectacular view of the rising sun since the tree is gone.

She also said to Daddy, I was leaning on the wall to stay steady, and a baby owl hit the bush right by my elbow and was gone again. She said she could hear the owls calling

She showed daddy the top two and said look how it is changing.

I said WOO WOO whoooo cares, get your walking gear Mama.

We headed out on the walk and the sky looked like the top two but a little brighter.

We walked around to the front yard and there he was

A Fledgling Blue Jay, we scared him silly, and he took off running fast and trying to fly and we stopped to watch, and he flapped and flapped and managed to get on the bottom limb 2 feet off the ground,

Suddenly a big mean Daddy Blue Jay came screeching and dived on the limb beside the baby.

He said Do Not Touch My Baby!

Mama said it ok Baby we are leaving, teach your baby to fly.

We walked to our turnaround about 15 minutes and

when we turned to walk, Mama kept saying Look Beau, clouds are building.

Oh, Look Beau aren't they gorgeous?

They built taller and taller, and I refused to sit still so she could take a photo.

I heard her tell daddy she missed 2 spectacular photos.

For me it's all about the WALK and the SCENTS.

We rounded the corner into our yard and Mama Said Sit and I did!

I was tired and hot by then

She got the view from our driveway in the bottom 4 of the collage above and added me to her favorite to prove I was there and saw it too.

Mamas turn now.

Today was sheer magic, my heart filled with joy, my soul healed, I wished I had the gift of poetry because the creation God created lifted my stressed-out heart every step of the way we walked.

The birds sang, the geese flew, the doves called as they sat on the wires, the sky changed magically every second of the walk. 

Nature, the great healer of hearts.