Today was full of activity and time came to drive to Happy Yogi for me evening classes and I hadn't gone to the park. I arrived in Fulton, about 12 miles north of home, around sunset. Textured gray clouds hung low in the sky, with the brightness and a little of the color from the setting sun glowing through in spots.
I walked across the parking lot to a grassy area. With slightly spongy damp grass underfoot, I watched the clouds and enjoyed the cool breeze, the temperature was about 40 degrees F. The air felt clean and fresh coming into my lungs.
I walked back toward the studio and paused one more time to watch the clouds as they moved to the east, a subtle movement that was revealed by my own stillness and attention. I like to see the changes as I feel my breath move in and out - so much can happen in the space of a breath.
Just as I was turning to walk to the studio door, motion in the sky caught my attention again - a flight of geese, in the common V formation with one side longer than the other. About thirty birds, flying together as a unit, powerful and graceful. Behind them came a single line of eight more birds. Heading in to teach yoga with the image of graceful flight in my mind, I was glad I stopped to watch the sky.
Sunrise 7:26 am, sunset 5:04 pm. Sunset continues to move about a minute a day, and sunrise a minute in 8 days.
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