Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn!

Look to this Day!

For it is Life, the very Life of Life.

In its brief course lie all the Verities and Realities of your Existence.

The Bliss of Growth,

The Glory of Action,

The Splendor of Beauty;

For Yesterday is but a Dream,

And To-morrow is only a Vision;

But To-day well lived makes Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness,

And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope.

Look well therefore to this Day!

Such is the Salutation of the Dawn! -Kalidasa

a moment to dream. a moment to dare to live. the new year is on the horizon and i have many plans. but today the dawn breaks offering a new day. the sun is shining and it will be warmer today. i will definitely get outside today. it's about time to start hiking once again now that i'm recovered from surgery. i'm still thinking about the Grand Canyon for next year. i'll know in the spring if i'll be able to make it..and a note, George the guy i was suppose to go with this year, he backed out too. i was relieved for i didn't think he was in shape although he felt he was. of course only he would know that i suppose. but anyways, he didn't go because he simply lost the backcountry permits. can't go down there without them.....so anyways, i'm looking forward to some major hiking this winter to start my conditioning again. could stand to lose sum weight too and keep my cholesterol down. things are settling down as far as my job goes and i have more free time. now it's just a matter of disciplining myself to do it again. once i get started i'll be fine. it's getting me started is the hard part..

in the meantime, as i post this photo from the Bosque del Apache where the birds migrate for the winter, i'd like to go back down there again too and see if i can capture Eagles again and hopefully closer. i don't have my major zoom lens yet, but it's forthcoming next year too. but to go back to the Bosque del Apache would be another great time. in the above photo are snow geese. they were just coming in for the night. it was a beautiful sight and i'll post another photo or two laterz.... right now i'm anxious for snow to fall. i haven't taken any winter photos in a long while. although we had snow in the mountains recently, it wasn't enough to stay. hopefully by this time next month, there will be a major snowfall. i'll keep a look out for the weather reports on tv-which i usually dont-and i'll even go up to the Jemez if need be. i love the winter and it's blanket of solitude it covers us with. i'll never forget when i was 15 living in a small town in Indiana walking home about 9pm at night from school. we had something going that night with Spanish club and i came out to this very white blanket of snow and a full moon. i lived a mile away, but the serenity that night was so enriching with the moonlight serenade. there was hardly a soul on the road that night. just me and the beauty around me...simple pleasures in my childhood as these were part of what got me thru it all. i was already learning about nature's unconditional love and didn't know it. i have been blessed...