Changes....

I am sure

 I have mentioned Fall is not my favorite season...

 

This year

with the changes in my life I see it differently...

 

instead of only seeing the browness and the death,

I see the energy going into the revitalization,

the preparation

for rebirth...

 

I find myself

looking inward,

ready for my metamorphosis...

 

the stages of the lingering roses,

backlit by the soft low sun...

 



the final stage

 hips...

 

 

my morning view of Mount Rainier

out a bedroom window...

 

the valley cozy

snuggled under the soft hazy morning light...

 

the Mountain hidden,

but no less grand...

Anemone

hold the garden together in the Fall,

abundant and cheerful...

 



the girls,

exploring in the tall grass...

 

we are all feeling a little unkempt these days,

wild...

 



my little family,

wild hearted

and

joyful...

 



 

Ever since the spider had befriended him,

 he had done his best to live up to his reputation.

When Charlotte’s web said SOME PIG,

 Wilbur had tried hard to look like some pig.

When Charlotte’s web said TERRIFIC,

Wilbur had tried to look terrific.

And now that the web said RADIANT,

 he did everything possible to make himself glow.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte's Web

 

 

 

radiant,

the sunset reflected on a rose...

 

 my favorite backyard destination...

a little iron bench

under the now old Cherry Tree

I planted as a wee sapling...

 

an obvious place for contemplation...

 

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When she transformed into a butterfly,

 the caterpillars spoke not of her beauty,

 but of her weirdness.

 

They wanted her to change back

 into what she always had been.

But she had wings. 

  
     Dean Jackson

 

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I am so grateful for the time you share with me...