Here are some more photos from Saturday morning, the day a light snow covered the ground of Vicksburg and, in this case, the Vicksburg National Cemetery. The cemetery is home to four of the prettiest gingko trees I have ever seen in my life. The rest of this week, I will be presenting other photos I took in the park Saturday morning. Next week, I want to show you other photos I took of the gingko trees from last week and Saturday afternoon. I can't wait to show 'em! Can you?
One of the most glorious experiences in my life occurred Saturday morning when I stood under the gingko trees at the Vicksburg National Cemetery and saw, heard and felt the shower of gingko leaves as they fell to earth into a bed of snow. As they fell, the gingko leaves also unleashed small amounts of snow that had collected on the leaves during the night. What a wonderful sight. The photos I present here today and on Tuesday do not even come close to showing the true beauty of this event.
I wonder what kind of lesson God wants us to learn from the gingko tree. It slowly turns it leaves completely yellow and then all at once it releases them to the ground. In a flash, one of the most beautiful sights that can be found in the world is gone. If you have any thoughts, let me hear them, please.
