On the morning of New Year's Day I woke up to see a very large bird outside of my window, perched on the top of the fire escape that goes up to the roof. It was such a very big bird that I said, "Oh, Wow!" out loud and took a picture of it. When I checked the time on the photograph it was 8:08 am. I had woken up much earlier but decided to go back to sleep for a bit, and this was what I would consider the time when I was really waking up. Later, when I looked up the bird to try to find out what kind it was, I saw that it was a falcon. I had seen it one day recently out of a different window, swooping out of a tree across the street, and I think it might have a nest there, but to have it appear at the moment I was waking up on New Year's Day felt like a very special and beautiful gift.
When I went to YES Gallery that afternoon, it was very quiet, and because I had arrived fairly early, I decided that I'd leave earlier so I could get home before the weather grew colder. There was a wonderful neighbor who had stopped by two days before and he had said that he might be stopping by with his wife to look at some art together and possibly get some ornaments and maybe have her try to find a pair of earrings she liked. I kept checking my messages to see if he was going to stop by and when I didn't see anything as it began to grow darker, I decided that they must have been planning to visit another day.
Just as I was walking out of the gallery and locking up, I took a little extra time to look in the windows and enjoy the lovely views, as as I paused on the sidewalk, the lovely couple arrived. They are so kind and pleasant and they said they could come back another day, but I didn't mind opening up again and so I did. They looked at art and chose some ornaments and a pair of earrings and we talked a bit and then they went on their way. Such a lovely way to end the day after such a lovely way it had started! Here's to more days like this and a very happy New Year!
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