This evening is the eve of my 69th birthday. I've found myself lost in thought today. It rained a good bit, but there were moments.

At one point, I walked outside. I'd bought a bag of parched peanuts the last time I was at the produce store. I took the bag out with a glass of sweet tea and sat on the back steps to think about life and whatnot.

Kodak snuggled in next to me and watched with great interest. I've spoiled him already. I ate a peanut, and I'd give him a peanut. We talked for a long while and he seemed to listen as long as he got a peanut every now and then.

As I reflect back over the years, the thing that's hard to wrap my mind around is how quickly time has passed.

When I was younger, I thought I had a feel for just how precious my time was, but in retrospect, I'm not sure I did.

I've had good times and life has been good to me, but I think I believed that I'd be forever young. Maybe that's how I should have been. There were good times, but I sometimes dwelled on bad times.

But from this vantage point, I wish I had understood then that the Ferris Wheel goes round and round. Some of the time you're at the bottom, but at other times you're close to the stars.

I took this picture today when I drove into the office. It has nothing to do with the post tonight, but that's how it goes sometimes.