Blessings of age

Maple between spruce trees

“I am in love with the world. And I look right now, as we speak together, out my window in my studio and I see my trees and my beautiful, beautiful maples that are hundreds of years old, they’re beautiful. And you see I can see how beautiful they are. I can take time to see how beautiful they are. It is a blessing to get old. It is a blessing to find the time to do the things, to read the books, to listen to the music.”

— Maurice Sendak (1928-2012), children’s author. He lived in Ridgefield in western Connecticut. The town hosts the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art. (See picture below.)

Sugar maple in early summer

Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art