{"id":10445,"date":"2022-03-25T08:28:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T12:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/?p=10445"},"modified":"2022-03-25T08:28:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T12:28:44","slug":"the-evergreen-journal-11-visibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/the-evergreen-journal-11-visibility\/","title":{"rendered":"The Evergreen Journal #11 – Visibility – March 25, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Evergreen Journal #11<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

March 25, 2022<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Visibility”<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Visibility is low. The scene is subdued.<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n

I feel like I am viewing a delicate landscape painting. The morning panorama was created by a highly skilled watercolor artist who carefully mixes the transparent colors of the low-key pigments.<\/p>\n

This particular day looks fragile, yet it has a heft to it, like the heavy white handmade paper that absorbs the soft colors of the artist’s brush strokes.<\/p>\n

Before dawn, I slipped my bare feet into my purple boots and put on my<\/p>\n

soft grey jacket over my long floral nightgown. I walked onto the porch’s wooden planks with my two dogs as we do every morning.<\/p>\n

As we padded down onto the sidewalk, I could feel cool raindrops splashing gently onto us. The droplets feel\u00a0 thicker than the mist. I knew instinctively it was the beginning of the predicted rainy day.<\/p>\n

The early morning light is a soft grey wash. A highly skilled watercolor painter was at work just outside my office window. I see the stately Norway Maple tree that stands at attention like a watchman guarding the space between the prayer\u00a0 garden and the oversized black two-story\u00a0 barn.<\/p>\n

In the distance, the low lighting flattens the surface of the painting because I can barely see the trees of the woods. It’s too early in the Spring season for leaves on the trees. Likewise, I cannot see the reflection of light on the water’s surface flowing downstream on the Connoquenessing Creek beneath the ridge. I listen for crows calling across the treetops, but all is quiet this morning. The only sound I can hear is the traffic splashing on the highway as it \u00a0moves East and West across the bridge just beyond the house.<\/p>\n

I pause for a moment, pull my shoulders back, and am conscious of my breath.<\/p>\n

I breathe deeply as I inhale my breath and hold it for a few seconds. My body connects to my mind, and my thoughts expand with every breath. I silently say, “thank you, God, for breath.”<\/p>\n

I can feel the breath filling my lungs as my diaphragm expands. As I take another breath, I lift my hands upwards and move them slowly downwards as I exhale. Finally, I close my eyes and whisper, “This is a good day, Lord. I thank you now for this quiet time with You in the early morning.”<\/p>\n

Days like this one seem fragile and sensitive. This will be a good day for doing something personal and private or going out with a friend to get a pedicure.<\/p>\n

I know that it won’t be long until the days are much brighter, and I will be going out to begin the spring clean-up in the yard and flower gardens.<\/p>\n

_\u00a92022. Lynda McKinney Lambert. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n

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What is the VIEW outside YOUR WINDOW today?<\/span><\/h3>\n

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What is the view like outside your window today?
\nTell me what you think as you view the scene from your window.<\/p>\n

American author, Lynda McKinney Lambert, describes life outside her office window this morning in western Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n Continue reading →<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trusting-god"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pexels-david-selbert-8100784_Hemlock-trees-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1706&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gbwn-2It","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10110,"url":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/the-evergreen-journal-3-final-sunday-morning\/","url_meta":{"origin":10445,"position":0},"title":"The Evergreen Journal #3 – Final Sunday Morning","author":"Lynda Lambert","date":"January 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I wake up in semi-darkness Turn to look out the eastern window Long icicles form a glimmering curtain tall evergreen trees planted during the succession of my long-life sequence.","rel":"","context":"In "#Trusting God"","block_context":{"text":"#Trusting God","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/category\/trusting-god\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Photo by Lynda McKinney Lambert. 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