Time shift

Solo flight

Time is a game played beautifully by children.

~ Heraclitus

Group effort

I am still recovering from our time shift, from fall and winter time to spring and summer time.  I often wonder why we do it.  I’ve heard stories about how switching to daylight savings time is supposed to help us save energy, but the latest studies on that say no, we don’t save anything.  Businesses benefit from it because people stay out later and spend more money.  On the other hand, businesses don’t benefit in the form of productivity because it is said productivity goes down.  People become more accident prone during this first week of summer time, too.

A not-empty sky

One of the lovely benefits of springing forward is that sunrise comes a little later for a while so it’s easy to be up and out of bed for it.  Change is coming our way in the form of a cold front, and change means colorful sunrises and sunsets.

Sun pillar at sunrise

Yesterday was amazing.  The temperature got up into the 70’s and the sun was with us for most of the day.  The spring peepers have been peeping for about a week or two.  At least I think they’re spring peepers.  Their song is a little different from what I grew used to in the Bogs.  It’s lower pitched, I think.  I have the windows open this morning, and can hear their on-going chorus.

The colors change as the light brightens.

There are flowers popping up all over the place.  I took a walk along the road and noticed the ground was dotted with blue, and they were not little pieces of blue plastic.

Teeny tiny blue flowers

When the daffodils finally bloom, we’re going to have a lot of them.  They have been popping up all around the greenhouse, the house, and the lagoon.

Daffodils in the evening

Lost time is never found again.

~ Benjamin Franklin

The moon grows. (A collage of moon, sky, and reflections on the water.)

You might be wondering what happened to the post about Smithfield and the rest of our travels to Williamsburg, Virginia.  I suppose I might get around to it someday.  I find it difficult to finish my travel posts once I’m at home.  There is so much happening now that I don’t want to spend too much time in the past, even if it’s the very recent past.

Gone fishing

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

~ Henry David Thoreau

Watching

I think that’s about it from the Wabi-Sabi Ranch for today.  Remember that cold front I mentioned earlier?   It’s bringing storms with it.  I’m not sure this will be a good evening to watch the sunset.  We’ll have to wait and see.  They say we’ll get gusty winds, and possibly some thunder and lightning.  It’s a clash of the seasons.  Spring is growing stronger here every day, and winter is just blustering now.  Even the colder temperatures coming won’t be as cold as they have been just a week or two ago.

The crocuses are almost finished their season.  (Someone has been taking tiny bites out of the flowers.  Look at the one on the left and you’ll see the bite marks.  I think the bunnies are munching on them.)

Thank you for visiting today, and joining me on a walk around the ranch.  I hope your Wednesday has been wonder-filled.

Near the house

Be good, be kind, be loving.  Just Be.  🙂