Tag Archives: autumn
Colors
I wanted to remember these wonderful rich colors. They’ll be gone soon, since it’s supposed to cool and rain tomorrow. This is the cottonwood where I often see an egret during the summer, sitting on that low down-curving limb on … Continue reading
Hell-Divers and Water-Witches
On a mid-day walk today I stopped to speak with a woman who was poised with her birding glasses on the bridge where I often stop to watch the birds eating the flower seeds nearby and the turtles. We exclaimed … Continue reading
Guilty Pleasures
I have elected to stay home today, after getting the shopping done early before the crowds, to read. Just to read, a guilty pleasure anymore for some reason, I always think maybe I should be doing something more productive- exercising, … Continue reading
Sophie
I saw Sophie and her master walking in the park this morning as I drove to work. They have become a dear sight to me, Sophie with her graying muzzle, her master’s affection for her apparent not so much in … Continue reading
Changes
This morning a red-tailed hawk was sitting in the cottonwood tree near the park entrance, facing south, her chest shining in the morning sun. I haven’t seen her there all summer, I bet the cool air feels good to her, … Continue reading
A cool day
We went to the arboretum this morning. The coolness in the air was as much psychic as physical relief after the unrelenting summer, just yesterday it was 102 again. But today, magically wonderfully cool and cloudy and breezy, like being … Continue reading
Leaf-raking
Dennis and I went to our new house today to rake leaves and think about colors for walls and such. We’ve never had a “real” house before, having lived always in an apartment we fashioned in the space above our … Continue reading
Autumn
Lots of poets speak of autumn as a time of decay, death. I don’t see it that way. I see it as a time of withdrawal to interior space, rest, quiet growth, gathering of strength. I love the colors, the … Continue reading
Pinguid 