Thursday, January 12, 2006

Lost In The Fog

In the summer, I frequently go in to work at 4:30am, so I can set up sprinklers and have them down again before the businesses open for the day. Sure, it's early, but by 8:30 in the morning when all the office workers are arriving, angrily honking their horns at each other in their rush not to be late, I'm headed home to enjoy my day. So I don't mind it.

There aren't very many other cars on the road at 4:30, especially on the parkway (commercial trucks aren't allowed, so no tractor-trailers or buses). There's a river I cross on my way in. On foggy mornings, I'll get halfway across the bridge and not be able to see either side. For a moment I'm all by myself, suspended in the middle of nothingness, surrounded by the mist rising off the river. It's an incredibly peaceful moment, and a beautiful way to start the day.

Have I mentioned I love my job?

Posted by The Gradual Gardener :: 1:22 PM :: 4 Comments:

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