Red Maple and Early Morning Sun

Early Morning Sunlight on Red Maple

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enter Turning toward the other side of light,
In a tower of wind, a tree idling in air,
Beyond my own echo,
Neither forward nor backward,
Unperplexed, in a place leading nowhere.

https://lpgventures.com/un1kou3i ~ Theodore Roethke,  from “Journey to the Interior”

The last few mornings have been both ordinary and extra-ordinary.

click here This morning I was in my backyard watching the sunrise as I have done the past few days. The sun is hidden behind a large stand of trees, so I don’t see the sun as it peeks over the horizon. Instead I see the sun’s first light rays not in the sky, but as the light strikes the tops of trees  several blocks away from my home.

go to site Then I wait about five minutes, and I am treated to one of nature’s finest gifts – and it takes place in my backyard.

I watch as the sun’s rays hit the very top of the red maple in my yard.

https://alldayelectrician.com/4fpu8oz6 The maple has just begun to change colors, and the colors change from top to bottom. The maple reminds me of a giant green candle, and the candle’s flame? The red leaves flashing in the early morning sunlight.

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https://www.brigantesenglishwalks.com/m2b5dcz Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She quickly pulled on a jacket and a warm hat to take photographs of the red maple in the early morning sun. Unfortunately, she went out wearing only socks on her feet, and had to come inside quickly because her feet were wet and cold.

https://dcinematools.com/mblz2lnrs1 About Bo Mackison

https://onlineconferenceformusictherapy.com/2025/02/22/us23r74n6 I'm a photographer, book-artist, traveler, naturalist, and creator of the Contemplative Creatives Journey, An Online Workshop and Community and see url Desert Wisdom Cards and Workshops. Though often not well known, I find the desert a welcoming place - a healing space. Its mysteries and gifts transformed me several years ago. Since that first encounter, I return again and again to fill my well in what most people think of as a desolate region. I'd love to share my desert discoveries and wisdom with you. Please subscribe to receive my five part mini email course go site The Gifts of the Desert. It's my gift to you.

Comments

  1. http://www.mscnantes.org/195uez62iy The poem and the image of the tree are wonderful. I can see why you’d compare it to a candle. The red leaves really do look like the flame of a candle.

    https://www.elevators.com/gu46i7pi I hear ya on those wet and cold feet. I’m finding myself in the same position lately.

  2. https://www.mreavoice.org/c2nsbfg8cy I love the colors a lot Bo

    • Bo Mackison says

      Thanks, Chantal. We planted this maple in a prominent place in our backyard fifteen years ago, just for these very moments now!

  3. Joanna Paterson says

    That’s beautiful Bo, thanks for sharing the moment, wet feet and all!

    • Bo Mackison says

      Thank you, Joanna, for sharing, too. Bet you’ve had your share of wet feet too, walking in the Scotland bogs. (Are they bogs?)

  4. Victoria (Sweden) says

    Very nice picture!

  5. Lovely image. And such a perfect poem to go with it! Lovely, Bo.

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