More about my view

Most mornings, I walk down to the end of the sidewalk, where it meets the wall of the river/lagoon. I look at the sun through the beuatiful, medium-size Magnolia tree, and watch how the sun is reflected off the water as I approach. And I look at the VAB and launch towers and think good and peaceful thoughts before heading off to work.

On mornings when it is hazy or foggy, this has a completely different effect. The sun doesn't shine through the Magnolia tree, and many times it isn't visible on the water. The haze usually covers the sun so that the sky resembles something from a mystic story of old--Merlin, or Vikings, or some such. There's usally a fog across the water on those mornings, and the cape is invisible behind it, even though I know it's there. This adds to the mystique and causes my day to start in a dreamy, disconnected from reality sort of way. Not a bad way, mind you. Just a sideways view of the world around me kind of way.

At the moment, it's cloudy out and there's a good breeze/gentle wind going on out there. It is late afternoon and the sun is sinking behind the clouds. I am sitting at my computer with the balcony door to my right and I am looking out from my tree-house view at the tops of the trees as they wave and rustle in the wind. I'm not playing any music and the TV is off. The world is giving me music enough right now.

I'm really going to miss this.