It's officially fall ... The season of Autumn has begun and is now a couple of days old ...
Autumn is a season of preparation ... we prepare ourselves for the cold and snow of winter ... we prepare our gardens for next year by harvesting the crops, clearing the debris, removing the remnants of this year's growth as we look forward to the turning of the seasons and the arrival of spring ... we bundle up and wait ...
I like Autumn ... I like the colours ... the turning of the season ... the longer nights and the chill that comes in the evening when the frost falls ... It's a good season, full of vibrancy and life's fullness ... It's lazier then the busy activities of summer, it's warmer then the hunkering down of winter, and it's calmer then then wet excitement of spring ... Autumn is a time of contraction and withdrawing in preparation for tomorrow ... It's a good season ...
Yesterday Beetle and I went for a bike ride out to see the Bison by the lake ... on the way we saw ducks, pausinng on their flight south, sand pipers with their bright yellow feet feeding along the river bank, a musk rat swimming lazy circles in the river waiting for us to pass by, and a flicker flashing its feathery white spot in the sun ... The leaves are turning rich golds and oranges ... the air had a chill ... the sun was still warm on our backs ... It was a beautiful autumn day ... one to be savoured, one to be enjoyed ...
Today the sun came up and the sky is blue, and inspite of predictions of rain later in the day ... it would seem that another beautiful autumn day is unfolding ... winter will come soon enough - right now, I want to stand in the sun and just enjoy the day ... and as the Hebrew prayer says - Dayenu ... Dayenu ... that would have been enough ... but God's blessings continue to pour forth ...
Have a wonderful day ...
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