Blog Post #8600

 Eight thousand six hundred: That’s a lot of posts! Perhaps it’s time to get serious. 

Actually, I had some serious thoughts a couple of months ago when I realized that my age meant I am getting old. Added to that, my blood pressure measured high for the first time in my life and I thought about how life is short. In five years, I will be the age that my parents were when they died. It doesn’t seem possible! Time passes so quickly. 

There is a strong chance that I will live longer than my parents. They were both smokers and wound up with breathing problems.

My Parents. They were sweet people.

I really should enjoy the next few years because who knows how long I will have the ability to get around easily. With that in mind, I decided the next few years should be:

Do I have the means and the will to make the years spectacular? How about the energy? Actually, there’s a lot that has been pretty special about my years so far. I see beautiful things all the time.

A benefit to taking pictures and blogging is that you have reminders of the wonderful things you have experienced. I have been very privileged. My parents gave me an appreciation of the outdoors, and the beauty that nature has to offer.

Mosaic Monday / Second Look

(Many of these pictures have been  seen here before.)

Have a good week and a spectacular year!