Early Morning Japa Walk

Well I finally managed to squeeze in an early morning japa walk. I went out at 6:15am and walked around the pond for about 45 minutes. The sun was just coming up and over through the trees. It was a warm morning too not chilly. It wasn't too cold and not too hot. There was a light morning breeze in the air too. As I walked up the path I saw a swan swimming in the pond, and heard the peacocks crowing. All the peacocks seemed like they were greeting each other in the early morning which I thought was kind of cute. I saw two other devotees out walking on the path too. As I headed up by the cabins I saw three deers on the left hand side grazing through the trees. They stopped to look at me. One of them seemed a bit afraid of me but the other two just stood there looking at me with curiosity. The morning got a bit prettier as the sun was coming up. It was nice and quiet outside for chanting. I can see why Maharaj prefers to go out early in the morning becuase it's quiet and not noisy. And on my last time walking around the pond by the cabins, I saw all the peacocks walking together in a group. Most of them were females because they had a lot of white and gray on them. The males are the blue and green ones. They were still cute though. They didn't run from me they just walked a little fast to move away. They weren't that afraid. They are used to people since people come everyday especially during the summertime. I had to stop after 45 minutes as my back was really starting to hurt me and I didn't want to put too much strain on my back. But I have to try and warm up for japa walks when Maharaj gets here. I wanted to walk up to the Palace of Gold today but it rained again this afternoon so I was unable to go. It's done nothing but rain ever since I came back to New Vrndavan but then again April is the rainest season I guess. As the old saying goes "April Showers Bring May Flowers."