my favorite place

I was told by a good friend once that if you move somewhere new you should find a special place to visit often and make it your favorite place.  A place that is your own and a place that you feel comfortable.  Every new place I've lived, I've tried to find my favorite place.  In Texas it was this coffee shop that my friends and I would go to and study at and play card games.  When I was in Italy, it was Piazza Novembre, where I could sit and watch the fountain and the people.  In Denver it was actually my place of work.  The 6th floor at the Denver Art Museum was my haven, being surrounded by Renaissance and Impressionist art work. 

The Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum has a 1.5 mile long boardwalk that loops through a cypress forest.  There is this one place on the boardwalk that I always stop and spend some time.  The walkway passes over this pond and almost everyday I can see these white birds with their long orange beaks, standing on one leg.  There are trees sumberged in the water and plants growing on top of the surface.  It is usually very quiet and you can hear the birds talking.  I do not allow myself to think of work, but just focus on such a beautiful and peaceful scene. 

This is my new favorite place.