Daybreak in the Garden

Couldn't sleep at all last night, perhaps it was that I am soooo excited about my sister's upcoming visit!

First hummingbird at the bedroom window feeder: 4:49am.

Outside to greet the day: 6am, after coffee and a bagel

Here's the view as I stepped off the deck this morning:

I tried to capture the wonderful quality of the light in the clear blue sky as the sun touched the white trunks of the cottonwoods behind us but the pictures were unspectacular. Too bad this isn't an HD blog, because the colors of the flowers and the variety of green is just astonding!

Well, back outside to pick my paintbrush back up and get to work! Have a great morning!

Buttercup Fields and Cotton Candy Clouds

Dad and I went for a walk last week between showers and saw this beautiful vista. The birds were singing! The wind was a bit chill but the sun was warm on our faces. I enjoyed the fragrance of new green and flowers in bloom that always seem particularly heady after a shower. It was a good day.