An Early Morning Walk

When I visit the province and our old home where my old mother, sister and her kids are, it usually is only for the weekend. I will be arriving on a Saturday and leave in the afternoon of Sunday. That means i have the option to watch sunrise from an area about 400 meters uphill from the house. It also gave me a chance for a cardiovascular breathing. The Christmas holidays gave me a few days to take advantage of that, and also roam around for whatever things that might take my fancy.

So i woke up early that morning, braving the cold. Cold here means about 19-20C, which only happens this time of the year courtesy of spillover winds from Mongolia and Siberia. And to savor that cold means you have to be out early, a few hours later the temperature soars up again. Everybody in the house and the neighborhood, except for some dogs and chickens, is still in bed.

I will be repeating here that our area faces the east to the bay, with other islands in the horizon. At our back are hills, which took out our privilege to watch nice sunsets. In case we want to watch them we have to walk for about 2 hrs to the peak and watch the sun set in the western islands.

My room view

View from my chosen area in the hill

View from my chosen area in the hill

I love the dew on the cobwebs in the grassy meadow. These grasses are also grazed by cattle tethered in the area.

If you look closer the orange spider is still asleep on its web

These grasses are at the flowering stage this time of the year.

I love also the patterns created by the color of grasses and weeds in the area. Tall coconut trees are at the background.