I know it's not possible to actually feel the Earth move. But when seasons begin to change from summer to fall, I think it's the sun that reveals Her secrets. While rays reach like fingers vast across the surface, nature follows suit. She knows it's time to shed again. Down here, where there are no fall foliages, no symphony of reds, oranges, or yellows on the trees, it's the shadows that play the music. I can feel it in the mornings and the evenings, as the sun rises and sinks, like the ripples at the edges of a skirt...soft... subtle...That's when She sings the loudest, and I swear, I can feel her move...
My favorite season is peeking around the corner. Please excuse me while I do my happy dance. And because the leaves go straight from green to brown down here, you'll have to excuse me borrowing for everyone else's autumn colors :). And if you have some subtle signs that sing to you, please do share:).
It's always just before bed in my time zone when I visit your space, and I think I need to save just your posts for morning, because, however simple of complex, they always leave me feeling so refreshed and excited to jump right in to whatever life brings me next. Beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteI don't want to be ungrateful, because I really do love our life here in the land of perpetual summer, but photos like these make me dream of autumn in the states. In Colorado, it was the breathtaking orange and yellow aspen-dotted hills that marked the brief but definite transition from summer to winter for me, and I looked forward to that all year long!
Ahhhhh yes this is my favorite time of year by far. One of the best things about living in the northeast is the dramatic change of the seasons. All the fall colors are spectacular!
ReplyDeleteWe do miss out down here don't we?! I love to visit my sister's in Virginia and hike the skyline drive...so beautiful at this time of year. Have a great day.xx
ReplyDeleteI love the colors of Autumn. They're really warm, especially against the cooler temperatures.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful words and wonderful photos, MJ. I love the way you found your shadows. Fall is stunning here in in Virginia and I'll be sure to share the love with you. xo.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, the colors of fall . . . . Even though I am resisting the change, that is one of my favorite things about fall is the glorious colors we get up here! I'll happy dance with you.
ReplyDeletei love your talk of perceiving the earth move and the sun's shifts.
ReplyDeletei would LOVE walking through that 2nd image.
wonderful words MJ... autumn is special. here we are having the hole color thing and loads of rain. but today it has been such a lovely shadows day. you post is a perfect description to this day : )
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful poetry in this post
ReplyDelete"as the sun rises and sinks, like the ripples at the edges of a skirt...soft... subtle..." ...
Breathtaking imagery!
I'm loving the cosy candlelit, drizzly days too MJ :)
oh you're giving me hope! i am going to start looking at the shadows and spend a little more time outside in the mornings and evenings to feel fall. it is something i dearly miss.
ReplyDeleteI'm more of a summer person, but fall can be quite spectacular. great pics!!!
ReplyDeleteit's the smell in the air, the lust for wearing sweaters, the drawing within, to craft, to bake, to snuggle with my little ones a bit longer under the blankets....ah, i love, love, love fall! so glad you sense it even down south--and don't forget, you have the colors of the sea and sky, which change so much!
ReplyDeleteI always say that I am grateful autumn is so beautiful that's the only way I can say goodbye to summer without crying.
ReplyDeleteI love your choice of pics
Halloween is my favorite time of year -- all pumpkin's glory in leaves and all trick-or-treat's gigglyness in autumn's decor and cooking.
ReplyDeleteI am doing my happy dance as the morning's welcome frost, fog and chill. Woohoo!
I too love fall...really all of the seasons, especially the magical moments of their change.
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