Autumn

I love fall. It's just all so lovely. 

Sweaters come out

Holiday parties are planned

Families get together

Thanksgiving food 

Long walks in the late afternoon

Leaves change color across the Appalachians 

Autumn wardrobe colors of prune, umber, gray, & evergreen

Twinkle lights belong here, as do candles

The air becomes crisp 

There is some sort of magic in it too 

I love the feeling autumn gives you. A deep quiet serenity with edges of excitement. Autumn, to me, is a season of planning. Parties, holiday trips, recipes, and gifts.  It's all quite a nervous expectancy. "What will happen next?" "When can I fit in this get-together?"

One is given the chance to reflect on the rest of the year as well. Plans for the whole next year are thought of in this season, sometimes thought out, but at other times, pulled out by prying relatives over a platter of sliced ham. 

Recently I took a family road trip (brother pictured above!) back to our tribe in Christie, Virginia. We saw the loveliest colors of fall when traveling through the winding roads that cut through the Cherokee National Forest. The mountains were alive with color.

One of these days I'll have to go back to those mountains to live. Mobile is not the place to experience fall, but 

my dreaming will have to do for now.

-lindy˚roo