Meeting the morning sun in my Michigan garden.

I have always loved mornings and this prompt of photographs that illuminate the meaning of morning was a wonderful opportunity to go through files to find the photos taken in the morning that elicit the newness I feel with each rising of the sun.

The calm and beautiful gentle color of an early morning on water – as I enjoy a mug of coffee.

…and watching the sun shift its focus on a lily pond in southern Florida.

Watching a Monarch gather morning nectar from a fall Autumn Joy sedum,

and the freshness of morning surf meeting the long shadows of the morning sun on a Gulf of Mexico beach.

You can participate by checking out this week’s challenge here.