Last evening’s wild wind contributed to the ongoing pruning of the front yard birch tree. As new growth shades out the lower branches, the lowers give up. Then along comes a wind to shake them loose. Keeps the chiminea fully charged and ready to go.

“If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations