Day One Hundred Forty Six and Forty Seven

I was in a real funk yesterday. The weather was the most depressing display of snow, pouring rain, slush, and dark, dark, dark gloom. Even physically, I was struggling to find solace and comfort which didn't seem to want to manifest. Bob and I decided to brave the weather and head to Grover's Hot Springs just to find some forward momentum in some activity. It helped to get into the hot water, although the temperature wasn't as hot as it usually is. We sat in the hot water and watched several snow squalls move across the little valley below the springs and felt the snow and rain come down, sometimes pretty hard on us while we relaxed. We stopped at the Cutthroat Saloon and had lunch and then headed back home. It was a nice get away and we almost felt as if we were in a time warp as we didn't see many people out that day and we were the only ones in the restaurant.

Today, however, was a different story. After running into a very excellent friend and sharing our mutual stories of our Sunday funk, I felt comforted in a selfish way that I wasn't the only one out there ready to throw in the towel of life. We hugged and reassured each other and ourselves that things would be alright - and they are - because this evening the full moon presented the most incredible optic experience I have ever witnessed during the winter. I have a large maple tree right outside my back door that leads to the backyard. It ends up being beautifully backlit when there is a full moon and tonight was no exception. But something extraordinary occurred mainly due to the wet weather we had on Sunday, my day of funk. There were frozen droplets of water all over the tree - small and round. Because there's going to be a lunar eclipse tonight, I poked my head out the back door and the droplets of water all over the tree were lit up by the moonlight. It was as though the tree was strung with Christmas lights! I keep going out the back door just to catch another glimpse and soak in some of the magic even though it's icy cold outside. It is truly beautiful and I wish I could get a photograph. How magical. Thank you universe for the natural uplift from the dreary doldrums of yesterday.