and it is, the last sunday morning of 2008. my flight to Philly and from Philly to LA and from LA went smoothly yesterday. if by smoothly i mean they both were late and both were a wee bit bumpy due to storms across the country and both had passengers a wee bit uptight and anxious due to possibly missing connecting flights and having to pay for soft drinks, juices, water and coffee and having to pay for checked bags. . . perhaps smoothly is not the right adverb (nor smooth the right adjective). both flights made it to Point B from Point A, eventually. i did hear a new
catch phrase to describe my airline, "if you don't get it on a bus, you don't get it on us." unfortunately we have come a long way backward as far as service is concerned. fortunately i did get a seat (the last seat) on my commute flight home from PHL to LAX. and two co-worker friends were working the flight. and my seat-mate allowed me to sit in the aisle seat instead of the middle seat in case i needed to get out and help (i was still in uniform and he thought i would be getting up and down from the middle seat causing him to have to get up and down from his aisle seat). i won't mention why we landed just before 10pm (just under an hour late) and did not get to the gate until just before 11pm. but, i will say it was nice to have Steve's car (hopefully he and his family are enjoying Hawaii) at the hotel so i could drive home. and home is where i will be for a couple of months. or at least in walking/busing distance of home. and speaking of walking, time for my last sunday walk of 2008. the sun has not come up over the horizon yet but i can see it is will be soon. it looks to be a sunny, blue sky day.
last sunday sunrise, minutes before my last sunday walk
if a snowman sees his shadow . . .
blueskyblueocean
that ocean green
view of the south bay looking north on a sunny sunday morning
snow in them there distance mountains
winter fallen
i still love finding colorful shadows
