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The snowline and temps have been dropping in synchrony the past week . . . must be fall . . . H😊😊RAY !!
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“He sends the snow like white wool; He scatters frost upon the ground like ashes“. – Psalm 147:16
On Fish Lake, in the shadow of Castle Mountain, last June a Trumpeter Swan pair hatched three downy white signets. They’ve since grown into feathered gray versions, a third the size of their large, stately parents . . . the serene beauty of Nature.
Sadly, one of the signets has now gone missing. At 4 AM the other morning a neighbor heard the Trumpeters making a ruckus. The suspected assassin is another one of Mother Nature’s local feral menagerie, a great horned owl . . . the cruel barbarity of Nature.
Of the remaining two signets, one appears slightly larger. Hopefully both will survive for the flight south with their parents before freeze-up.
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Woke up to ice on the deck and a fresh blanket of termination dust on the mountains . . . Fall’s heading for the exits up here in the Last Frontier wilds of Chickaloon.
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With two weeks before hunting season begins, this big dude has decided to take up residence in the safety of our our backyard bullwinkle refuge. 😊
“All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.”
Cecil Francis Alexander
Keep Looking Up . . . His best is yet to come!
Spent a day with a retired pastor friend fishing for silver salmon on the Little Susitna River. I’m ever amazed how God continues to bless this ole prodigal in spite of himself.
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Guess what we’re snacking on?
“May their land be blessed with sun-ripened fruit, rich with the best fruits of each season” – Luke 6:43
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Today’s wilderness wander began in lush deciduous forest by river’s roaring rapids . . . wound ever upward through silent, spruce scented boreal forest . . . finished 4,000 ft. above on alpine ridgeline, tinged with fall’s first reds.
Throughout life I’ve been blessed to travel and behold the wonders of 9 different countries on 3 different continents . . . yet . . awe-inspiring treks through Creation’s wilderness remains my favorite wonder genre.
“How great are the wonders God shows us! How powerful are the miracles He performs! Daniel 4:3
I M Blessed . . . May U B 2
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Some local shrub trimmers showed up today. They’re not professionals, but they work for free 😊
Fresh snow dusting the mountains, yellow tinged leaves . . . Last Frontier signs of Fall all knocking on Summer’s door.
“To everything there is a season, and time to every purpose under heaven“. – Ecclesiastes 3:1
Starting the day by turning on my Smartphone subtly, dumbs, numbs and distracts me from optimally tackling the new day’s potential opportunities and challenges. For this ole prodigal, beginning my day talking with my omniscient Creator works best.
Wrapping up this morning’s one-on-One talk, rain laden clouds shrouding the mountains outside threatened nixing a wilderness wander, drawing me into contemplation . . . Time . . . How am I spending mine?
Firing up my smartphone, I Googled some recent statistics about how smartphones impact the 24 hours we’re granted every day:
While these statistics far exceed my smartphone usage levels, I’m left feeling frustratingly stupid, realizing the inordinate portion of time my smartphone has cannily usurped. Bottom Line . . . when it comes to time management . . . I need to become smarter than my smartphone!
Thomas Carlyle once wrote, “One life . . . a little gleam of time between two eternities.”. I’m striving to better invest each day’s precious, finite “…gleam of time…” here below as the infinite, priceless, eternal time above draws ever nearer.
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