Sunday Morning Patio Tour
August 21, 2005
10:30 a.m.

There truly is nothing quite like it. These rare mornings when the temperature is perfect. There's a faint breeze. The sky is a striking blue. The sparse clouds convey the notion that it is, indeed, a summer Sunday morning, with nothing that I have to do, but lots of things I want to do, and among them, just to relax, and read, and recline. These are the moments I live for. And I'm very aware of them when they happen. I'm thankful for that. Sure, it's terrific, wonderful, and simply great to remember these moments long after the fact. But it's almost as good to realize, in the very moment, to self-consciously create a memory that's going to be terrific, wonderful, and simply great to remember long after the fact. So that's what I did this morning. Sipping my coffee. Reading Dave Eggers. Leaning back on the springy patio chairs. Still in my pajamas. I breathed the morning air. Normally at first. Then deeply. Exhaled. Set down Eggers. Stretched. Yawned. Felt the moisture in my eyes from the intensity of the yawn. Basked in the momentary lightheadedness and euphoria that sometimes attend an intense yawn. Then I thought, "This is one of those moments I live for. Where's my camera," which wasn't really a question, but a statement to myself that picture-taking was about to ensue.

This badly cobbled collage of images comprise a moment from my life. I want to share it with you, if you're interested. If you're not, that's fine. I know it's self-indulgent. But that's what I do.

If you move your mouse over and around the image below, you'll find links that explain the various items on my patio or within view of the patio. Scroll to the right to see more of the image. A new window will pop up with each clickable area. You'll have to manually close them, because providing a "close this window" button or link is beyond the threshhold of my web design knowledge.

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