I always loved this tree... it was in front of the house we lived in... West Carthage, NY. It is a maple tree... and it was beautiful throughout the year... one the trunk, just above the snow, Lou attached a squirrel... and it always looked like it was scampering up the tree. Winters could be brutal in this part of the world. There were times it was so cold, even the hairs in your nose would freeze... and that is really cold. One could always tell when soldiers from the South were stationed at Fort Drum... when driving to work, you would see all these cars that rolled over in a farmer's field.. because they were driving too fast for the icy conditions. The area around Fort Drum is mainly dairy farmland. When I talk about Fort Drum and upstate New York... everyone envisions New York as one big city. In the spring, summer and fall, when I went out on the deck that was at the back of our house, I could hear the cows off in the distance, lowing... moo... moo... what a peaceful sound. My story today is this...One day in early spring, while driving into work, I saw some cows standing around a cow... in a circle. I noticed there was some steam coming from the center of the circle... just then, several of the cows moved out of the circle and I was able to see that a baby calf was laying on the ground... it had just been born... and it was an awesome site to behold. Yes, I said behold... because I was awe struck to be in this place, at the right time to see this site... I thought to myself.... this is probably what the Wise Men felt when they found Baby Jesus in the manger... to behold such an awesome site... and these thoughts have been with me ever since... MMM
Thursday, January 17, 2008
The tree in front of our house in Upstate New York
I always loved this tree... it was in front of the house we lived in... West Carthage, NY. It is a maple tree... and it was beautiful throughout the year... one the trunk, just above the snow, Lou attached a squirrel... and it always looked like it was scampering up the tree. Winters could be brutal in this part of the world. There were times it was so cold, even the hairs in your nose would freeze... and that is really cold. One could always tell when soldiers from the South were stationed at Fort Drum... when driving to work, you would see all these cars that rolled over in a farmer's field.. because they were driving too fast for the icy conditions. The area around Fort Drum is mainly dairy farmland. When I talk about Fort Drum and upstate New York... everyone envisions New York as one big city. In the spring, summer and fall, when I went out on the deck that was at the back of our house, I could hear the cows off in the distance, lowing... moo... moo... what a peaceful sound. My story today is this...One day in early spring, while driving into work, I saw some cows standing around a cow... in a circle. I noticed there was some steam coming from the center of the circle... just then, several of the cows moved out of the circle and I was able to see that a baby calf was laying on the ground... it had just been born... and it was an awesome site to behold. Yes, I said behold... because I was awe struck to be in this place, at the right time to see this site... I thought to myself.... this is probably what the Wise Men felt when they found Baby Jesus in the manger... to behold such an awesome site... and these thoughts have been with me ever since... MMM
