"And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh."

Luke 21:28

I remember when I was a child, kind of around 7 or 8, how I just loved to go exploring around my neighborhood with my friend(s) and go on these unplanned and random walks around our housing complex and surrounding neighborhoods. Never knew what new adventures would await us kids just basically revisiting the same places I had seen time and time before. I mean, there's only so much you can find that's new in the same area, but sometimes, there would be a cool new dragonfly we had never seen, or someone would find some cool "thing" left in the desert.

One of my favorites was when my buddy and I had found an old tire in said desert, and I had this bright idea (with my limited knowledge of how tires are really put on), to roll the thing a good mile or so back to my house thinking my dad could use it. He could not have been more surprised when he saw us with it (or more gracious and kind God Bless him) when we arrived. Seriously, this thing had tears and holes in it, and it was a mess. Of course at that time, I felt I had to bring it home; it had to be valuable right?! There were a lot of memories from those days growing up (sigh). Here's the thing though. Something I took for granted back then (more so I simply wasn't aware of) was just how "big" all those places were. My lil' legs could only get me so far in those vast environments.

Which is why when I would revisit those childhood places many years later having grown up, the thing that struck me about those places was... well... just how "small" all those places were lol! I mean, being tall now, my perspective of our old neighborhood was up nearly twice as high as before. Needless to say, perspective really changes how we see and remember things. So where am I going with this...

Here's some pictures I took of various flowers through the years: