Oh, I wish I had a scanner so that I could post some pictures. There are boxes and bags and more boxes of them that never seemed to find their way into any albums. While sorting for the move, many items were hurriedly packed with the hope of going through them once we were settled into the new home. That process began last week, and I find myself overwhelmed with sadness, and longing, and am right now sniffling back the tears once again. It's a grieving that is just as profound as the loss of my son, Lester. Naturally, with more than half of the pictures chronicling his brief life, I suppose this particular depressive state could be dismissed as understandable.
I've come across so many 'treasures' that were thought long lost: old love letters from college boyfriend; greeting cards from long-gone family; poems written with all the angst of most teenage girls; my collection of cat figurines dating back to the 60s; and so much more. One of the things that has hit me the hardest is not a 'find', but the lack of one... my Barbie dolls from 1961! I know I saw that red case in the hall closet at Christmas of '05, when I was putting away the decorations. But alas, NO. Besides my clothes, they were the only things brought with me from the children's home when I was adopted in 1963. The more I think on it, the more I am convinced I know what happened to it, and it breaks my heart all over again. But I won't allow myself to dwell on that...
Now to the point of the title of the day's post - it was beautiful yesterday, sun shining, temps in the low 80's with such clean clear crisp air, and I had to go the grocery store. Well, I matter-of-factly detest going to the grocery store! So I just kept driving and before I knew it, I had found my way out on some of my favorite backroads of our southern Hill Country. Much to my needed delight, this is what I found.
And I thanked God for bringing the rains in the past weeks to make these splendid displays. As far as I was concerned at the moment, He had done it just for me - when I needed it most. Love and Hugs and Enjoy,
