The morning is the best time

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The dirt resists you.  It is very hard to make the earth your own.  I’ve done much less to try to make it mine.  All my association with it is a kind of freedom.  Yet it’s hard to live at the ranch.  When I first came here I had to go 70 miles on a dirt road for supplies.  Nobody would go by in two weeks.  I thought the ranch would be good for me because nothing can grow here and I wouldn’t be able to use up my time gardening.  But I got tired of canned vegetables so now I grow everything I need for the year at Abiquiu.  I like to get up when the dawn comes.  The dogs start talking to me and I like to make a fire and maybe some tea and then sit in bed and watch the sun come up.  The morning is the best time, there are no people around.  My pleasant disposition likes the world with nobody in it.

~ Georgia O’Keeffe


Credits: Quote – Thank you Rob Firchau @ The Hammock Papers. Image: Sky Above The Clouds IV by Georgia O’Keeffe from mbell

17 thoughts on “The morning is the best time

      1. Dave,
        Thanks for your comments and following. I responded to your comment on my 2nd week of lent:”Judgement: Measure for measure,” but lost it before finishing. You mentioned that there was a perplexing negative that always opposed the positive.
        An old native american sage once said:”In each person’s heart there are two dogs fighting; one good and the other evil. The one that wins is the one that you feed the most.”
        -Alan

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