hilltop

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sun over the hilltop

sun over the hilltop
and across the field
helps grow the crops
with the power it wields

robins riding their wings
land and peck the ground
they take time to sing
to those of us earthbound

not that far a whitetail
it is not that fleeting
before he sets sail
maybe it is a greeting

then fast as the wind
getting gone is good
like his big friend
out in the woods

try to be aware
that it is good
that we share
this neighborhood 

know it's our duty 
in the heart of it
all of this beauty
we're all part of it

a holy hymn
it is easy to see
it is more them
than it is me

This post is getting out a little late this morning. I drove up to the hilltop hayfield where we have been filming the last 2 days to check out how it looks at sunrise. After we have the field sitting full of round hay bales I may try to fly the drone thru and over it at sunrise to catch some of the beautiful morning light. Sunrise was at 0631 and I was on the hilltop from 0600 till 0700. So that is my excuse : )

On the way up to the hilltop I kept on seeing robins on the pavement. I guess they were trying to catch insects before daylight. And then I remembered to drive really slow. Because that time of day is really dangerous because of all the deer crossing the road. My nephew has hit so many deer on the way to work early in the morning that I accuse him of doing it on purpose. He has to drive this very steep and curvy country road in the dark. I told him that I think that when he gets to the most dangerous part of the drive that he turns off the headlights and puts on a pair of night vision goggles so he can sneak up on the deer. He just laughs. He and my brother have a lot of good stories about all the things they have seen driving back and forth to work in the dark. My brother has a story about finding himself in the middle of a bunch of galloping horses that had somehow gotten out onto the road at night. He said he just knew he was going to hit one but somehow they all avoided each other.

As I was walking out of the field toward the gate I looked across the road and saw 2 deer standing perfectly still watching me walk. They stood there for along time. I could see what looked like a smaller deer at the wood line. They finally broke their stance and headed back for what I assume was their child and did a lap around the field and disappeared back into the woods. It was very peaceful and pretty there in that field as the shadows gave way to the sunlight.

I hope as you go thru your day that you find and enjoy the beauty that is in it. And I hope that it makes you smile.