End of December and 2016

It is late December.  The year is almost gone.  The days have grown as short as they can get.  It is time for the sun to head north again.

 

Blue skies smiling at me...

End of January in Oklahoma.

Burns Flat Cross

November Sunrise

The morning of November 6th comes in full majesty.

Winter, where is your sting?

Oh winter, where is your sting?
Your winds are cold.
The snow is blinding.
The drifts block roadways.
Ice makes travel treacherous.
But the sun comes quickly.
And you must be on your way.

The sun is ready to head back north

The clouds move away as the sun returns
The ground thankful for the moisture
The sun goes south for only a few days more
Then brings longer days with its north turn.

To realize that we are alive

 We live most of our lives

between sunrise and sunset.

But sometimes we need to pause

at both ends to realize that we are alive.


This is Oklahoma.

Thanks be to God!

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th

The sun has gone as far north as it will go,

and has begun its southern journey.

The days are still long and the sunrise is still a thing of majesty.


This is Oklahoma.