A Pretty Tree

Five days a week I drive by the local cemetery on my way to work.  I always leave at the last minute and am always rushing.  It is not that I get up late because I get up so much earlier than I need to.  I just like my home, and the things I would rather be doing there hold me back.  Every Fall, in the middle of this pine tree filled cemetery, there is a large tree that turns a beautiful shade of red.  Every Fall I plan on taking my camera with me and stop to take a picture.  And every year, up until this year, I would forget my camera or I would be in that big rush to get to work, and the rain or a really windy day would come.  Then overnight the leaves would be gone.

But this morning, as I was running late yet again,  I decided to slow down.  I stopped at the end of our lane to put a letter for my grand daughter in the mail box instead of dropping it later in the day.  My youngest daughter is home schooling her daughters and on Mondays they write letters for a writing project.  The oldest grand daughter has not received a letter back yet and I decided I would respond the very next day after receiving one.  Next,  I stopped in the middle of the road and took that picture of "the tree" from my car window and after work I stopped again, got out of my car and took a couple more pictures of that beautiful tree.

If I had a better camera than my little point and shoot, these could be some awesome pictures.  But the real reason for this post is that I stopped, I took  the time because I wanted to, not because I had to.  I took a moment in my day to look at something pretty instead of rushing by it.  I hope you have a fantastic Fall weekend and take time to see the world around you.

Blessings from our home in the woods!

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