Our New Year's day was a wet & gray one, but that didn't stop us from getting out & adventuring. We headed to one of my favorite places - the Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia.
Coming here has become a January tradition for us, but this was the first time we came on New Year's day.
I say this a lot, but isn't God the best artist ever?!
It was the perfect day for rubber boots!
There's something about the butterfly & its miraculous metamorphosis that seems perfect paired with the unfurling of a brand new year. Change can bring beauty & refreshing & new life. Just think what it did for the caterpillar. I want 2019 to be my butterfly year.
We spied a spot on the map we hadn't explored before & decided to give it a try. Visiting this little chapel tucked away in the woods was actually my unexpected favorite part of the day.
We didn't know if it would even be open, but it was. Inside we found a man who played this fantastic fancy organ. He asked if we had any requests. We did & had our own private concert in this special space as he played "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" & "What a Friend We Have in Jesus." It was truly stirring. The musician shared some of his story, telling us how he had grown up playing music & in his younger life played rock & roll, & yet always felt God reeling him back in to use his talents for Him in worship. The man said he still played rock & roll now & again, but that he had found something more meaningful in using what he could do for Christ. This brother-in-Christ's music & words ended up in my thankfulness journal that night.
The blessing of being in this quaint little place of worship was a beautiful ending to our day at Callaway & the perfect start to 2019!
Outfit Details: dress - Topshop {thrifted} ● over-the-knee socks {I scrunched down to mid-calf} - Richer Poorer ● rubber boots {these are actually from the garden department, but I use 'em as rain boots mostly} - Target
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