Skyview, Arboretum

Only from the heart can you touch the sky. ~Rumi

There are few things I enjoy in life more than standing at the edges of things in the morning and watching the sky.

We had some of our first fat flurries on this morning. I think this was only the second set of flurries I've seen. They didn't amount to much; in fact, they were done before I even got to work.

But when the snow clouds began to clear out, well, what a sky show! I had to stop at the Arboretum to check things out, and just as the sky began to clear, I made my way to the little walkway over the marsh.

The marsh meadow boardwalk was a gift of the class of 2010, and I am so grateful for it. It is the best place to stand to watch the clearing clouds.

There's even a little bench along the left, though I admit I've seldom sat on it. (As is the case with most benches: I guess I'm just not much of a sitter.)

I finished my undergrad degree at Penn State in 1986, and our class gift was elm trees for the mall below the Libraries. And I am thrilled to have participated in that; as you know, I am a great lover of trees! (The best time to plant a tree, they say, was 20 years ago. The second best time is NOW.)

But I like this gift too, and I enjoy it almost every time I visit. This boardwalk over the pretty little golden marsh. This shining walkway in the sun. This great big vista with its neverending view of the sky . . .

The song to accompany this image had to be about the sky. So here is Mary Chapin Carpenter, with Holding Up the Sky.