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Mother Nature is a beautiful thing and sometimes she rewards my insomnia with an early morning show.

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When the dawn sky looks like this in our backyard, I don’t mind being awake at 4:30am.

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Well, actually I do…. and curse that demonic body altering thing called menopause on a regular basis.

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But at least there’s an occasional benefit.

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Not that it makes up for weight gain, fatigue and hot flashes…

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But it sure is pretty.

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