love...hate?

i have had a love/hate relationship with fall over the years.

it is a time of glorious but fading beauty 

and it makes me tense, to some degree...

i feel pressured to appreciate it all before it goes away.  

nature can be a tough teacher...

time and time again, it makes me understand and appreciate THIS moment...

today. 

right now.

i don't want to miss a thing...

and at the end of the day,

i learn again, deep down in my soul,

that even though this too shall pass,

the wonder that is winter 

has a beauty all it's own.

and that, too, shall pass...

sweet autumn stuff

it has been a pretty fall.

crazy busy for about a month and then a total slowdown....

glad to have the time to stop and look around :)

bittersweet and beach grass together.  i love cape cod in the fall :)

and misty mornings on the cranberry bogs...

 and leaves. lots of leaves.

fall is currently my favorite season :)

 

all textures from Kim Klassen

frosty start

november is a frosty month...

(image above enhanced with Kim Klassen's 'touch of 1' texture,

along with Pixel Dust's golden bokeh and FABrique textures)

 

 

 

until the sun comes out and melts the frost...

 

sharing with "Texture Tuesday"



mums...

 

 

watery softness...

 

 

enhanced with Kim Klassen's 'heartbeat' texture

and Pioneer Woman's actions...

 

sharing with Texture Tuesday (click for link)



fall and nature . . .

when I think of fall, it is all about nature.

fashion people think sweaters and boots,

cooks think about soups and pot roast...

I always think flowers, leaves, birds, trees...