A Perfect Sunrise!

With fall here and the leaves changing color fast, I am

planning a few days off to visit the mountains of Virginia,

North Carolina and Tennessee to soak up some of the

beauty of God's Creation. In anticipation of the trip, I

was foraging through some of my photos and ran across

this one taken earlier this year from the Pisgah Inn located

at mile post 408.6 near Waynesville, N.C. on the

Blue Ridge Parkway. I love the sunset shots but

due to an insatiable desire to "be asleep" at the sunrise

hour I often overlook the beauty to be found with a

perfect sunrise. I'm not usually together enough at this

time of the morning to operate a camera but on this

occasion I managed to stumble out and take this sunrise

picture. Needless to say, it set the tone for the rest of the

day.

"What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives."
      E.M.Forster(1879-1970): English novelist, essayist, short-story writer

And Comes The Light!

Morning is a special time. A time when light pushes away darkness and the world comes to life. A time of peace and tranquility for the soul. A time of beauty and inspiration. A cycle that continues its march to the beating drums of time.

And Comes The Light 

Gentle rays of morning sun

Slipping eerily through the trees

Causing darkness to make its run

And hide beneath the leaves

A hint of warmth spreading fair

Touching dew from night before

A wisp of steam upon the air

Giving way to mornings door

Pass on through my gentle light

Light the path for day to come

Chase away thy starry night

With wings upon thy beating drum

©  Randy J. Schultz     August 18, 2011

Dawning of a New Day

"For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation?"

    Thornton Wilder (1897-1975):  American Playwright and Novelist