It’s still dark outside. The daily newspaper is delivered around 5:30 and dog and we went outside to get the paper. In a daily routine for her, she does not “fetch the paper – rather she attacks it.” That’s an allowed luxury for her … just for a few seconds; then we’ll retrieve it (usually with a few chews out of the corners of a few pages).

Then we noticed the “radioactive bleeding hearts!” Went inside to get the camera for this picture.

OK … it is not radiation fallout. The shimmering, glistening jewels are not diamonds scattered by bands of marauding pixies. They water droplets remaining from an overnight shower. Beautiful photo opportunities make life so wonderful. It is the wonder of nature. Mornings, too.