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On Saturday we enjoyed a trip to the South arm of Mount Desert Island to a section of Acadia Park called Seawall, which is right up the road from a delightful section known as Wonderland. All of this posts photos were taken at the Seawall grounds.
The Seasons are changing and Fall is underway in its beginnings which are for me the most delightful time of year - next to Winter, Spring and Summer. I feel most fortunate to live in this part of Maine with the many small wonders that the woods and landscapes offer all year round. There are no grand mountains in this area, just an environment that seems to speak something of the lands inherent wisdom, older and more sure of itself, steady and predictable in its calmness and capacity to offer serenity almost everywhere.
Take a listen to this short expression of gratitude for what can be received on any given day in our lives. Last Saturday with everything we encountered, I am grateful for all God gave us to enjoy. For myself it was a day with Lee where we were present to all around us ..... and to each other. I am blessed.
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(I have posted this before and it is always worth another listen.)
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Enter here
All those who enter here leave behind for awhile
all cares and concerns the world demands we hold.
The day is barely cool, the sun invites with gentle warmth
while revealing the beauty of these woods.
A day where we and the deer had no fears.
The last wild daisies are leaving their imprint on memory.
The backside of Fall reveals
not the brilliance we expect of the Season,
but the source of Spring and Summer's nourishment,
and where where next years new leaves will appear.
Nothing dies without providing nourishment for what is to come,
the new life that is God's Promise.
This group of flowers is about two by three inches in size.
A strange Fall offering with brown centers.
Just add water and everything grows
On the way to Seawall.
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Here are two images that perhaps speak of how the beauty of the world outside the usual tensions of our lives are perceived by some who have not yet learned to see the Gifts we are given. The world can appear colorless and our view can be myopic at times, unless we remember .... re-member .... what has already been given and experienced.
The first photo is my comment, the second is for your pondering.
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Some seasonal humor:
Peace,
Bill Lagerstrom
