The reward for a long trudge UP is a splendid view of Banff and surrounds from Sulphur Mountain’s summit… AND a free Gondola ride down!
The reward for getting out after work to put in some skiing miles is…
Fresh air, scenery, and endorphins!
And the reward for getting out of bed before the sun, is getting to watch the valley wake up:
With all this loveliness, why does my soul begin to hanker for spring to show in earnest? Why do I tire of black and white beauty and want splendor of another sort? I don’t know. I suspect it’s because we were made for more. And one day it’s coming, but for now I walk nearby determined to find the picturesque in the now…
and determined to be grateful.
I return with a budding branch from a burn pile, in hopes that it will yet show color. We shall see. 
And I’ve bought a primrose this week to cheer us on in the great wait…
In the meantime, welcome COLOR and beauty catch my eye in unexpected places…
[Mimi Robinson’s LOCAL COLOR watercolor book]
And I am thankful ( :
The wait will be worth it!
–LS
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy—And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory—For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
Jude 1:24 ESV; I Pet.5:4 ESV; Rom 8:18 KJV; Rom 8:19 ESV
I especially like the morning sun rise Linda.
It was lovely. Amazing to me how every morning serves up a new sort ( : There’s no end to the creativity of God’s handiwork!