Little pockets of nature can be found in the unlikeliest places, such as on this lunch-time walk which brought me past these landscaping shrubs, decked out in their seasonal garb and making the most of these sustained mild temperatures and damp weather. I like that they have decided to burn brightly in spite of the rain and December date. Defy it all. Resist. Persist. Exist.
A wise woman once said that beauty’s where you find it. That leaves it partially up to the viewer as to whether or not beauty is to be found, and in a strange way whether or not beauty even exists. To know that we hold that in the palm of our hands is to know glory. What we make of it will be up to us. I choose to find it as abundantly as possible, even if that’s on a brief stroll through downtown Albany.
