Hallelujah

“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.”
― Pope John Paul II

(tiny redheaded woodpecker / Julie Cook / 2015)

And on this January day,
as the sun rose high into the crisp blue sky,
all of Nature could be heard rejoicing. . .

Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

(female Flicker looking skyward / Julie Cook / 2015)

(female sparrow nibbling a branch / Julie Cook / 2015)

(both Peaches and a lizard enjoy a respite from the cold rains / Julie Cook / 2015)

(closeup of someone who should still be hibernating up on my sleeve / Julie Cook / 2015)

(small bed of moss / Julie Cook / 2015)

And as the beautiful sun settled downward in the distant western sky,
at the ending of this beautiful January day,
all of Nature could be heard whispering . . .

Amen, Amen, Amen

(Day is done as the sun sets in the western sky / Julie Cook / 2015)