Light on the Terrace

I could hardly believe my eyes. It did not look real. But it was. As the sun peeked over the hill to the east of where I was walking in the vineyard its very first rays touched the vines on the upper terrace. The rays turned the vines into vines of fire and also lit up the leafless willow clinging perilously to the edge of the terrace. As I said earlier, the lighting did not seem real…but it was and it made for a fleeting moment of magic.