Oh Beautiful Summertime

As I sit on my porch on this late summer afternoon, I can see the beautiful clear blue sky, the puffy white clouds, the mountains in the distance are a hazy blue and the valley stretched out here below is so green.  I can see a master painter has been at work as he dips his brush into his pallet, to make the sun shine on the mountains as it peeks through the clouds.

Right here, right now it is so peaceful, in the trees the birds are preparing for the evening as they visit with their neighbors. While sitting under my gooseberry bush a little rabbit is munching away peacefully on a blade of grass.  The bunny gives no notice of Emily and Sara as they start halfheartedly barking at it.  Everyone wants to settle down and enjoy this peaceful afternoon. This peace isn't shared by most of the world, how sad.  Right now driving into town it would be a completely different world. As we drive into town, we drive over the bridge.  We notice the Rio Grande River has become a mere wading pool.  All spring it has been running full, now where did all that water go?  Perhaps the farmers are drawing it off for their fields.  It has been such a dry year.  But the last 2 weeks we have been favored with an afternoon shower.  But as I say, shower.  What the farmers need is good downpour.

From the bridge we turn the corner, noisy, dusty, people in a hurry.  Some going home from work, some going shopping and some just going.  This little part of the world gets a lot of tourists. Some with over-sized motor homes, a lot of campers,  people with boats on trailers.  Everyone going someplace to get away from work and they seem to be taking a lot of work with them.  I liked the old days.  We took a tent, fishing poles, firewood and walking shoes.  When we came home tired and happy we had little unpacking to do. As they say, "To each is own."  Times change.

It has been a good day.  Thank you, Lord.  My granddaughter, Karie is coming to fix my computer..What would I do without Karie.  She is a master on the computer. Then we will eat "supper" and enjoy Olympics...Such great young people.  Good Luck, American young people.

This is the day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it.