The skies seem a dismal shade of greyish – white, raindrops have speckled the window, and I am feeling a little fallishly dull, as I sink into the comfort of my chair with my coffee and book. \u00a0Then like clockwork she arrives, Mrs Cardinal tapping at my window. A “Good Morning and I believe the feeder is empty!” \u00a0The cat seems too sleepy to be bothered this morning.
\nI feebly attempt to open the window, grasp for a bit of fresh air. \u00a0It stubbornly refuses to budge. Silly crooked finger! Frustrated I return to my book, reveling in grey.
\nGloriously the clouds suddenly part and that beautiful burst of light illuminates my skin, instantly lifting this cloud. \u00a0I turn my face in delighted recognition of light, and I smile.
\nI have been summoned.
\nAs I step out, my old friend Mr. Blue kindly trumpets my arrival, or possibly he’s just screeching his own, for fear I might have missed him.
\nOn yet another beautiful November day, everything in the yard appears golden. \u00a0So many yellow leaves have blanketed the gardens and lawn, … delicately dipped in the pond. \u00a0Under the spruce tree, the wind daintily showers me with pine needle confetti.
\nThe air is deliciously scented with the smells of fall.
\nEarth, leaves and gradually fermenting apples. \u00a0A few late tomatoes still adorning long since tired stems, clinging to life as the last of the vegetable garden’s offerings. Now seem to provide a meeting place for the ladybugs.
\nTrees are starting to bare, a shedding of yesterday’s news. \u00a0 A couple of late blooming flowers now steal the scene standing in glory in their ‘Sunday best’.
\nAs I come around the tree, I see my husband’s old smoker – he makes me smile, with his rusty appearance and grumpy old “get off my lawn” expression!
\nEverything today seems littered .. \u00a0but in such a beautiful, magical way.
\nAs I wander, \u00a0the clouds close in, once again dulling the sky.
\nCausing a pall.
\nThen just as suddenly clouds part, revealing a beautiful blue, \u00a0and glorious sunlight shining through.
\nAnd I think to myself how wonderful it is bear witness to all of these changes, To beauty and light, to shadows and decay. To the many differences in sights, in sounds, in smells, \u00a0in perspectives, \u00a0in opinions …
\nI can see colours, hues and adornments. Where you might see leaves to be raked, gardens to be cleared, things to put away. \u00a0I wander along as leaves crackle under foot, enjoying the music. Where you might feel the chill in the air, pull a sweater tighter, retreat to closed doors.
\nWe are all different in many ways, but if today you happen to wander into beauty, or perhaps you are searching for it…
\njust take a brief moment .. to look, \u00a0to breathe in fresh air, to turn your face to the sky, to recognize the magic of a falling leaf,
\nto feel your heart … smile.
\nThen in this we are the same.<\/p>\n
so then, \u00a0how about a nice cup of tea? \u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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