What a difference a day makes

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[caption id="attachment_999" align="alignnone" width="700"] Yesterday[/caption]

 

[caption id="attachment_1002" align="alignnone" width="700"] Today[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1001" align="alignnone" width="700"] Yesterday[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1000" align="alignnone" width="700"] Yesterday[/caption]

 

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Yesterday, sunny, cold, crispy.  Today misty, still, blanketed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colour Wheel

As our earth and the  year spins through it's seasons we are treated to nature's palette of colours.

None of these are more glorious than at this time of year - Autumn. 

 

It seems to me we may not have as many reds this year but instead have been gifted the most beautiful oranges and golds, set like jewels in the sun on blue skies.



 

I've always enjoyed the crunch of leaves underfoot, and breathed deep on those Autumn days that were still warm and glowing.  It's only recently though that I have come to really appreciate Autumn for the season that it is.  The season of slowing down, of preparing for the Winter ahead and the season of glorious nature giving us one last show before she sleeps until Spring.



 

Autumn is the most wonderful time to look around and really appreciate all that we have.  Not just in our own lives but in the wider world, in the procession of time and the changing carnival before our eyes.



 

On this walk I found a young oak.  The sun was lighting up the leaves in blazing greens, yellows, oranges and reds - all at once.



How can one small tree be so many things all at one time - show so many different facets of itself in one instance.



After all is not 'just' a tree?



 

A walk in nature at any time not only stretches our muscles and cleans our lungs but also refreshes our spirit and our mind.



 

This walk was a reminder to me - to let all of my colours shine, especially the elusive red!

 

Autumn

 



For a moment, an instant, a blink of an eye we have balance.
Dark and light, the constantly shifting dawn and dusk are for one brief twinkling, equal.
Twice in each year, Spring and Autumn, the day and night hang in harmony.

Now the longer nights approach, the green of Summer slowly fades and Nature gives us fireworks before Winter readies our world for sleep.  A brief blaze of colour, of swirling leaves, tossed skyward on chilly October winds.  A time of reflection, of giving thanks, a time of farewell and preparation for the darker days ahead.