Thinking Out Loud

When I was a child my grandfather noted that I had 'an alert mind'.
He even put it on a framed photo of me, which he was noted to do.

I never really appreciated/understood what he meant at the time.
Now that I have had a 'few years' to reflect on this ,

it dawned on me that he had noticed that I am usually

'tuned in'  to my surroundings and love details,

Beech tree at Point Pleasant Park

actually, much like he did. He was very attentive to his surroundings
and never missed a thing. He was very alert, and a good thing too,
since he was a policeman and later a private investigator.