A cup of blessing...

"Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting - a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing."
Ralph Waldo Emerson


I haven't really paid too much attention to R.W.E before and English (with the grammar and literature that accompanied it) was not my favorite subject in school but his quotes are really quite good. I am reading a book about contentment and his quotes are sprinkled all over the place. So instead of today's favorite flower let me tell you about my favorite time of day...the hour before sunset and watching the sun set. The work is done, it's time to unwind and just relax before ending the day, and the sunset is a different and wonderful light show each night. The almost setting sun makes for a whole new perspective in the garden. A lowly daylily comes aglow...
Horizontal beams of light hit ordinary plants making them look extraordinary...
Then the sun sets behind the trees to the west and the whites still have enough light to "pop" in the late evening garden.
And then most nights I go around to the side of the grove and watch my rural unobstructed sunset which almost always is something like this...yes, I am content and thankful to God for my full cup of blessings.