Thursday, November 19, 2009

yet more thankfulness

today i am most thankful for fall.
even though fall often comes late to california, it does indeed still come.

and when it does, what beauty it brings trailing behind it.

i breathe in the ripe red, orange and yellow leaves on the changing trees.
my dreams shift to crisp mornings and scalding drinks and i imagine myself again in high school biding my time until the warm afternoon sun appeared.

the heavy indian summer gives way to those golden moments before the clear winter.
i remember toasty crackling fires with hot shooting sparks as i perch on the stone ledge.
i adore early dark evenings that demand warm blankets and good books.
and i look forward to such as i transition home next week to maryland's autumn shores.


delicious autumn! my very soul is wedded to it, and if i were a bird i would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.

-george eliot

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