A couple of years before I was born, Irving Berlin wrote a song (used in the musical Annie Get Your Gun) whose words have stayed with me.
Or at least the chorus has: I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night and scraps of verses along the lines of
Got no diamond got no pearl
Still think I’m a lucky girl
And I still do.
I try not to think of Dean Martin singing it, as he always made me feel rather queasy; too smooth by half.
(If you want all the lyrics they’re here)
I’m waking up early these days, so I caught this sunrise from my bedroom windows. If you look very closely, you’ll see there’s a slender crescent moon in the blue.
Stumbling outside with the camera, I found that the sky to the west was a reflected rosy wash. Fleeting, almost past, but such a gift.
I truly am a lucky old girl!