Ordinary Extra - Last May Sunrise

Ordinary Extra – May 31, 2023. Last May Sunrise.

I was up early. I had things to do and miles to cover. But I was blessed to see the sunrise. The last May sunrise of 2023. I took three pictures just a few dozen seconds apart and the colors changed. God’s handiwork never ceases to amaze me.

I covered well over 300 miles during the first half of the day. What truly impressed me though was the countless beautiful landscapes, gorgeous scenes, roaming deer, old farm houses and barns, all shapes and sizes of mountains, ponds and lakes and so much more. If only I had more time, I could capture more of these beautiful moments in pictures.

Even so, I was able to pause for a few pictures right around the time of sunrise. Then I had a brief interview with a goose that was not at all talkative. I sat in the shade for a minute just a few hundred feet below the confluence of the Pemigewasset River and Winnipesaukee River, which creates the Merrimack River.

I spotted this Canada goose in the parking lot of a convenience store I stopped in. I asked it why it had left the pond out back was walking by the auto shop and Irving station. All I got was this look and a cold shoulder.

And despite seeing multiple awesome mountain scenes I didn’t have the time or the space to really stop and take any good pictures. But I still tried to get every single ordinary extra moment into my day that I could. I thank God for the opportunities I have to be ‘out and about in God’s creation’. It never disappoints.

: First picture. Last May sunrise.

: Second picture. Last May sunrise.

: Third picture. Last May sunrise.

We live in an age where comparisons are being made 24/7 whether we know it or not. Social media, TV, Internet ads, and many more outlets bombard us all with image. Image as in, this is how the perfect product, or the perfect moment, or even any product in the perfect setting, can make life, well, pretty near perfect.

You know what I am talking about. Pictures of how awesome other people’s life is, at least that is how it is made to look. At some level we all get caught up in the “keeping up with the Joneses” mentality. And we think out loud or to ourselves, “Well, my yard, my vacation, my this, or our that doesn’t like nearly as good as theirs”.

So, I am here to spread some ordinary extra moments. These are things that happen in an average day in my little world. Some might resonate, some may not. But the point is, be happy and thankful for what you do have. And sometimes that might just be the ability to think, to breathe, to work, to love, to feel, and so on. There is beauty all around us.

I had to pull over due to a broken down truck and a few other vehicles there to help out. Then I was able to get a quick picture of a New England farm on a gorgeous morning.

Just an ordinary day with an ordinary extra moment, or two, mixed in.

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