I love Autumn! It is a season of juxtaposition, warm sunny days and stormy cold ones, brightly colored foliage and pristine white snow, earthy smells and fresh dewy evergreen.
Giant orange maple leaves slowly, gracefully, meander to the ground from on high and the tiny winged seeds twirl through the sky like little helicopters.
What's not to love about uniquely shaped gourdes, pumpkins, wheat stocks, apples, new wine, and corn mazes.
Who could pass up a Granny Smith apple drenched in caramel, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, turkey and stuffing smothered in gravy, freshly roasted pumpkin seeds and candy corn?
Nuts! specifically walnuts with their tiny fairy-bed shells, acorns in their jaunty little caps, filberts looking as though carved out of wood, and chestnuts all dark and glossy.
I cherish fires in the fireplace at night and brisk walks during the day. Sleeping-in, lavishly under heavy covers on cool dark Saturday mornings and at night, wearing big fluffy slippers while watching all new TV shows.
A leafless world exposes hidden views. Early evenings showcase familial vignettes through still open curtains, and mountains transform from dark, colorless masses to white, glowing pinnacles.
Big sweaters, corduroy, flannel, suede, leather and heavy trench coats. Orange, red, brown, yellow, gold, and plaid!
Fall is fresh yet spent, familiar and different. Best of all, it's the season of blessings and thanks preceding winter, and Christmas, where a dark and barren world hosts the celebration of light and hope!!!!!
1 comment:
Wow, you almost make me love this time of year. Unfortunately with my job it means snow and ice on steep hills.
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