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Autumn passes quickly
Autumn brings a variety of things to many people. This is one of my favorite seasons. Like Springtime, I can "smell" it coming, not new buds and a rebirth of scenery of course, rather the smell of drying leaves, and the presence of a misty hue hovering just over the morning horizon. Here are just a few things off the top of my head I'm enjoying this week...
**I love the bursts of color along landscapes near our home and everywhere we go lately. There are "Monet" perfect scenes grabbing our attention and it's not difficult to figure out why tourists pay money to drive along "scenic fall routes" with AAA guide books in hand, or take a scenic fall cruise along the St. Lawrence Seaway to Boston or New York City as we saw along the shores of Old Quebec City.
Fall Color Cruise time in Old Quebec city**I love the feel of crunchy leaves underfoot while walking along nature paths and countryside roadways.
**I love how the farmers begin to harvest their crops long into the night, their familiar tractor sounds driving down our road with bright oscillating headlights blinking into our windows just as we lay in bed.
**I have such a grand appreciation for farming now, much more than ever before because I can witness how hard they work to get our food to the market and across shores to other lands. Farming bins are filled and attached to tractors in earnest. Our local feed mill is filled with the summer's gift of harvest right now, animal and bird feed plentiful for anyone hoping to grab it at its freshest peak.
**I love how there is a natural hush to the end of our days at hand, as if in total anticipation of the days becoming shorter again, or perhaps it's the body's subtle response to the season at hand, one offering relaxation and not feeling as though life is a rush to do everything while the day is bright and filled with longer hours to maintain outdoor activities.**I love how the first frost offers our three acres of grass to settle into a dormant stage right ahead. Maybe only a few more lawn cutting weekends and it's done until Spring.
**I love how there are so many feast days falling into our calendars and how we try hard to find some way to entertain the idea of celebrating them, many of them, if not all in a simple fashion to the grandest when able. Memories are made of these.
Everyone attends power skating lessons**I love the return of quieter sports where the weather isn't a factor, like ice hockey, power skating, and getting back into the barn for horse riding lessons. A steamy hot cup of something in my hand takes the chill away in no time at all, perhaps a blanket to wrap around my legs when the cold begins to nip at my legs in the arena. Go Canucks Go!
Power skating lesson**I love to organize boots, shoes, and flip all the cooler clothing from the rubbermaind bins, weeding out the old to offer the new (to them), washing and slipping my finds into the children's drawers, all useful for the season of winter ahead. Naturally one thing leads to another. All the drawers, closets, and even the sports equipment stash get sifted through, things get tossed or donated, and we're good to go when done.
Hanging out with nature; our new backyard??**I love to change-over the garage and barn, repacking all the summer items away until next year, washing the outdoor furniture, repotting outdoor plants in need of extra protection until Spring, taking the snow shovels out to place them in more appropriate areas for use soon enough.
I love how there is suddenly a better selection of teas on the market for sipping on cool days and keeping warm near the fire when darkness falls. Recently I acquired four boxes of "Celestial Seasonings" teas; Sugarplum Spice, Candycane Lane, Nutcracker Suite, and Gingerbread spice.**I love how the calendar doesn't seem so crazy anymore, not like it did when all the small squares were becoming filled up in September. Sure, there are other assorted schedules to commit to and firm up on our agendas, however by now, the mad pace of life seems to settle and allow for that extra cup of steamy tea in between. Nice.
**I love the return of schedules no matter how I shake the dice. I like to have order in my days, so the return of normalcy to me is everyone busily working at their primary vocation in life, four of the people in our homes are back to school, which is something involving the return of a harmonic household (believe me), rather than having everyone all over the map with me as the sole driver at the helm.**l love knowing where I'm going in life, how the big picture is pieced together. I don't like seeing the "For Sale" sign swaying gently on its white post, or knowing I will be moving before the new year. Actually we're thinking five weeks we'll be heading to another home, but the other home is still a blur yet, hopefully very soon we'll know... The lack of concrete knowledge creates an unsettling feeling deep in the pit of my belly. Soon though, I trust it will all come together in just the right way.
Until then, I will lap up this marvelous season upon us, anticipating only good things straight ahead.
With that in mind, I will join Totus Tuus in the fall fun photo challenge titled; "Autumn passes quickly" and hope to capture what I can through the lens of my camera while I'm out and about over the next few weeks. Consider visiting her site to check out other participants and their photos from behind their lens. Thank you Alison for the kind invitation to join the fun, smitten with all the photo challenges from this past year so far...hugs.
Join the fun with us if you like, such fun.
Hello AutumnYou do pass us by so quickly
