Everything in gold

Well I just got home from my trip to the coast.  I left fairly early this morning.  I enjoyed seeing my friends and the drive was nice too.  One of my friends gave me an Easter basket.  I haven't gotten one of those since I was a little kid.  It was really fun.  After having lunch with them, I went to the beach by myself.  These friends don't go to the beach much.  I guess when you live close by you take it for granted.  The first beach I stopped at had a lot of dunes to climb over to get to the water and there was a strange man that seemed to be watching me and hanging around the cars.  I didn't stay there long.  I drove up the road five minutes and found an even nicer place with a shorter walk.  The the sun was warm but the breeze was cold, so I had to bundle up a little.  The sand felt so soft to my feet.  The ocean sand is much finer than river sand.  I found some igneous rocks that were really interesting but I didn't take them home.  As I was leaving, I was thinking about how good things can be born from bad things.  Like death, all the sea creature remains that were mixed in with the minerals to make the sand, and it became this beautiful landscape that blesses a lot of people and animals everyday.  And I was thinking about some of the bad things in my life and how good came out of them eventually.  And I was thinking about how I had to let the past version of myself die, but that was so a better version of myself could be born and flourish.  After that, I stopped at a Chinese restaurant and got takeout for the drive home.  I got to watch the sunset in my mirrors on my way back.  It rained a little and then when the sunset burst through the rain clouds, it bathed everything in gold and there was an enormous rainbow.  It was stunning.  I tried to take a photo while driving but it didn't turn out very good.  It was something that couldn't be captured, a message just for me.  I had a lot of time to think.  I was thinking of an art project I want to do.  I want to apologize to someone, so I was thinking about how I would say what I need to say.  I was looking forward to visiting with a friend I recently got reacquainted with.  And so on.  When I got home, I put my leftovers in the fridge and got ready for bed.  Goodnight to you.