By the Dawn’s Early Light

What can you see? By the Dawn’s Early Light?

You might not be able to – But I saw a racoon swimming in the water. Zoom didn’t really help. Just turned him into a fuzzy coon.

This morning I headed into the woods on a friend’s property, instead of the beach. We walked into a clearing, with a canopy of branches, ground soft with moss, moss clinging to every space of all different colors. And I felt it. It was beautiful. and Still. An Awesome. The Presence. Have you felt it at Crystal Peaks? At your special spot? My friend told me why – but it is her her story, not my blog’s, and I allowed the mosquitoes to have breakfast on my legs and feet while tears came to my eyes. Then, 4-5 LARGE buck deer hopped out from in front of us, over the ravine – and up the hillside. They stayed. Silent. Trusting. It was hard to leave this spot this morning.

I think I will find myself here again.

This is the root structure from a huge tree that fell in a storm to form a natural bridge across the ravine. There is no picture I could take to show you how HUGE this and Awesome this is!

When you go through a storm. And you feel broken. What bridges are built? What new growth comes up? Makes one ponder.

The sky was painted in a vivid pink line – mirrored in the calm still lake. I couldn’t help singing – Oh Say Can You See???? By the Dawns Early Light .. . And – thinking of our Freedom Day coming up – It always makes me feel ashamed at what I do with my freedom. I am feeling urged to be more vocal with our personal journey – with my personal faith – and with homeschooling (which sort of wraps up the first two topics)

What freedoms are you thankful for? Wished you used more?