Thursday, September 19, 2013

Gorgeous Day!

Brrrr, it's 46 outside this morning, and I'm loving it!  This feels like autumn!  I don't know about you, but we are heading into my favorite time of year.  Cold nights, crisp cool days, the changing of nature's colors, holidays to look forward to.  I love it!

Some favorite autumn memories involve leaves; the grand canopies of reds, golds, oranges, and browns; the sounds as the wind moved through them; as a child, tracing the shapes for school art projects or just for fun; the raking, then the jumping into the neat little mountains, and raking again; the smell of burning leaves once the mountains were deposited in our burn barrels.  Since I live in a subdivision burn barrels are not allowed, but I fully intend to "barbecue" a couple of leaves just for the ambiance.  So, while many of my friends grieve the passing of the hot, summer sun, I'm reveling in the pleasures of autumn!

I'll leave you with this image my husband captured last year...




3 comments:

Donna said...

Hi sweetie! I've been gone or I would have been here sooner...
Love the photo but am not looking forward to the cold temps that will be on the way...
hughugs

Nita Jo said...

That's ok! I just recently returned to visiting blogs and to writing a bit. I love the autumn cold, but am not much of a winter gal! :)

Donna said...

I remember raking and burning them too back in the day. And when I was a kid, I would jump in the pile after the raking was done, LOL.