There are times in my life when I would have considered myself a morning person. Like in college. When the best time to get refreshed with time all to myself was walking on the prayer courts before most students were awake. Or in the summers when I lived in a house filled with other girls and the ocean was calling my name. Well, actually anytime I’m near an ocean I’m a morning person. So I guess this makes me a morning person with qualifiers. In actuality, I’m probably more of a nap person because I could get away with 4 hours of sleep in college knowing that I could come back home and crash for the afternoon. I guess this also makes me an old person. Because these days I start to get real sick on just 4 hours of sleep. I start to get real sick on 6 hours of sleep. And I’m still barely alive with 8 hours of sleep. And this again, is why I’ve been walking around like a zombie. Because I like my nights. I like them more than my mornings currently. And I have no naps. This makes me very sleepy … and cranky. But I’ve mentioned all this before. Today I wanted to say that after staying up ridiculously late and having a photo session planned for this morning, I vowed never to schedule morning sessions again. But something happened on my 40 minute drive. And something definitely happened when I arrived at my destination. I remembered once again why I liked mornings. (And I love that I consider 9 a.m. early. Maybe I’m not so old as I think.)
I decided to get to the session a half hour early to walk around since I’d only been there once before.
Maybe I should just show you why it all changed.
I think I stumbled onto fall. And it was lovely.
Since last, yes last, fall I have been waiting to take pictures of the dying bean fields. I remember seeing them so beautifully golden last year and foolishly thinking they would last forever … and so I missed the shot. This morning on my way to the park I pulled off the road to capture it. Phew! Take that one off my to-do list!
I mean, really, I felt like I finally woke up this morning to see what’s been going on all around me. And everywhere I looked there were flowers and leaves and ducks and waterfalls and green grass mixed with yellow grass and dying corn husks and golden bean fields. It was crazy beautiful. It’s nice to know the world keeps spinning even when I’m half asleep.
Hello Morning Light. You are just as sweet.
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