December 12, 2012 - The First Day on a Journey of Beauty

A Sunny Day - December 12, 2012, in Central Washington

A good day to begin a journey of beauty.  Five months after a serious car crash, and much time spent being thankful (and some time spent being wretched), I thought it was time to focus on the beauty around me.  Today the sun was shining, and I still have roses in bloom.  In December!  I watched six swans land on the river in front of my house, and spotted four bald eagles roosting in a tree.  The early sun on the miniature pumpkin (grown in my garden, which was cared for over the summer by blessed friends) also caught my eye.  So much beauty, so much to be thankful for.  I decided to spend the next six months to a year blogging a day at a time (more or less) about what I see around me for which I am thankful.  I am only including the non-human population - not all of the people I would want to feature would agree to this format!  This blog is dedicated to those people - the ones who have held me up, both literally and figuratively.  I am thankful.  May you see this, and be blessed!