One day wonder

 

“Happiness,” Cadfael thinks as he floats on the River Severn, “consists in small things, not in great. It is the small things we remember, when time and mortality close in.” 

Year after year, our "Brother Cadfael" rose is a star. John picked it from the lovely David Austin rose catalog about 20 years ago. It was named after the crime-solving monk in Ellis Peter's historical mysteries. 

The books are set in medieval England. Brother Cadfael is a healer who solves grisly murders on the side. It was an excellent TV series from 1994-1998 starring Derek Jacobi.

Brother Cadfael ponders a mystery in his herbarium. We remember watching other purely escapist TV series from that wonderful decade on PBS, like "Inspector Morse." Long before streaming and binge watching, you had to wait for each new weekly episode.

Oh, what a beautiful morning. At 5 am, the sun was already up in a clear blue sky. Rain returns tomorrow, but a glorious day ahead.