Nature Song Of The Week-To The Morning

Woke up in a funk today and couldn't seem to shake it off. Instead of fighting it, I embraced it and am sharing this very mellow song, which has always been one of my favorite Dan Fogelberg songs from his Home Free album. I still am so bummed that such a talented man passed away and cannot continue to share his music with us. I rank his death up there with the death of John Denver, another nature loving soul. If you are not familiar with this, the words "Watching the sun come up over the rooftops.....There is really no way to say 'no' to the morning...Cloudy and warm, maybe a storm, you can never quite tell from the morning........There is really nothing left to say but come on morning. " There were several videos on YouTube but the live versions were pretty old and not the greatest quality. I liked this one, which of course fits totally with our nature theme with its beautiful photography.

I have to say that my petty "life" irritations of the moment left me as I listened to this song that I have always loved.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxClQ_pInzc#

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