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and the scent of leaves...hard to describe that one...but definitely they have a scent...kind of fruity, spicy...smoky as well....and the sound of them as they danced across the street when a brisk fall breeze blew....can't wait...getting excited just thinking of it...
Pink sky in the nights. Strange weather as of late. Love everyone's comments on this thread.
With fall comes the scent of sweet cinnamon pumpkin and spices...
Fresh apple pies and cobblers.
Beginning to jot down what treats I want to make for the holidays..whether i ever get to make them or not...
Lighting fall scented candles at night while I enjoy my coffee
Those coolish breezes that begin to drift this way...
Baked in a pie
When the pie was opened
The birds began to sing...
Last night a cricket serenaded me for several hours. It's back again tonight. They usually don't begin their orchestral sessions until September or October.
I wonder, does this mean an early Fall or Winter?
Yesterday my special pleasure was to watch a Monarch butterfly land on a grapevine, rest for a moment or two, then fly over to the ostrich ferns and back again to the grapevine. After a long rest, it flew off toward the blooming mulleins, which I've allowed to grow prolifically to encourage pollinator plants and insects.
The simple sight of one butterfly was so soothing, so restful and so peaceful.
One of my favorite things is every time I sit in it my one cat comes out from where ever he is and curls up beside me just under the crook of my arm and snuggles.
Every time.
Laying in my back yard oasis I've created, sun slowly going down, watching the birds ( especially humming birds) bee's, dragon flies and all God's creatures go about their business before bedtime. So therapeutic.
I'm reminded of a story related in one of the James Herriot novels about his life as a vet in North Yorkshire, memorialized in his novels (of which All Creatures Great and Small was one).
He described a situation in which an animal, a sheep I believe, had an undiagnosable illness which he was unable to cure. For reasons I don't recall, he used sleep inducing medicine to allow the sheep to just sleep, and just rest. for a few days (I don't exactly remember how long).
On waking, the sheep was much better. I don't recall that there ever was a medical diagnosis, but just allowing the sheep to be excluded from the normal daily activity of eating, wandering around a pasture, interacting with other sheep, and of course being somewhat ill....that exclusion allowed the sheep to heal.
If this were the situation today, it would probably be more likely that the sheep's ailment could be determined with more specificity, but in those days, sleep helped the sheep recover (no pun intended).
I still believe that was an excellent example of the benefit of rest and sleep.
Sometimes the neighbor's Tortoiseshell cat wanders over, cautiously hiding herself in the low growing bushes so she can scope out the yard, then visibly sauntering down the center path as she inspects the yard for anything of interest. I think she's also establishing that she's Queen of the Garden.
Even if we have to help it happen, peace & quiet are wonderful anyway we can get it!
I admit I sometimes help to create the right circumstances, too. And everyone is better off for us getting that refresher.
I've been known to turn my phone off for days and pretend all is well in the world :)
No one else around. No noise, no phone calls. No questions! I'm free for the moment to have my own thoughts without interruption!!! Yay! However many minutes it lasts...I'm grateful!
There was a photo of Queen Elizabeth doing purple proud, looking regal wearing purple. Then, a photo of The Red Hat Society having high tea, wearing their red hats, but not all were wearing purple. Thanks, Booksrme.
I just happened to catch Joyce Myers on t.v., and her topic was saying thank you to God, and trusting Him.