Nature Is So Amazing!

We've had a pretty cold and snowy December this year.  Yesterday was the first day that the temperature was above freezing in at least two weeks.  The youngest son is home from college right now.  He happens to look out the sliding glass doors onto the patio and sees water dripping off the gutter.  "Mom, you gotta see this!  It looks like an angel!  I look out and sure enough, I see an angel, too.  I go and grab the camera to snap a picture before it gets ruined.  My husband looks out, and decides we're both nuts.  What do you think?

This summer we had some spectacular zinnias planted in our vegetable garden.  They were absolutely stunning.  We weren't the only ones enjoying them though.

What was truly amazing was that the Monarch didn't care that we were watching and taking pictures.  We talked in normal voices.  We talked about what shots we wanted to get.  The Monarch just kept right on doing what it wanted to do.  We literally could have spent the whole afternoon just watching this little guy go from flower to flower.

This time of year as we honor the true meaning of the Christmas season, also try and look at the scenery around you.  Instead of complaining about how inconvenient the weather is, and how yucky the snow and ice is, look at God's handiwork.  See how truly awesome the fresh snow looks in the sunlight.  See how the tree branches make a cool design against the gray permacloud.

Nature is truly awesome!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  Happy Gardening to All!