Just Another Day in the Office

I was walking to work in the dark yesterday morning when the dogs in Gardiner started whining and barking. I paused to silence the crunching of my feet in the snow and heard the distant howling of wolves. And did I mention that a deer has been on my porch eating my lilac bush? I saw her tracks in the new snow. In the past week I have traveled hundreds of miles by bus, van, snowcoach, skis, and snowshoes. I have been amazed at the beauty of the earth.  

Here are a few of the highlights:

For the beauty of the earth,

For the beauty of the skies;

For the love which from our birth,

Over and around us lies.

For the wonder of each hour,

Of the day and of the night;

Hill and vale and tree and flow'r,

Sun and moon, and stars of light.

or the joy of ear and eye,

For the heart and mind's delight;

For the mystic harmony,
Linking sense to sound and sight.

or the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child;

Friends on Earth and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild;

Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This, our hymn of grateful praise.